Constitutional Law
Jul. 22, 2026
VanDyke warns 9th Circuit ruling gives schools sweeping power over teachers' speech
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Oregon school district's ban on an educational specialist displaying children's books about gender identity in his office, with a forceful dissent warning the ruling gives public schools broad authority to suppress employees' personal expression on controversial issues.
A sharply worded dissent from 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence VanDyke warned Tuesday that a panel majority's decision upholding an Oregon school district's ban on books about gender identity in a school employee's office gives public schools sweeping authority to suppress teachers' personal expression on controversial issues.
The 2-1 panel affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction sought by Roderick E. Theis II, an educational specialist who ...
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