Constitution Director James Phillips Writes for The Federalist Society
In what should come as no surprise to those who followed oral argument in the case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Maryland parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The parents had raised a free exercise challenge to a newly adopted curriculum that read books promoting LGBTQ lifestyles to children as early as Pre-K after the school board refused to provide notice when the books would be read or allow parents to opt their children out. The parents had sought a preliminary injunction in lower courts, but those courts had ruled there was no substantial burden on the parents’ free exercise rights because there was no coercion....