Supreme Court sides with parents in LGBTQ+ curriculum opt-out caseThe U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 ruled that parents have a religious free exercise right to have their children excused from the use of LGBTQ+-themed storybooks in schools. Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions. The Trump administration is appealing those injunctions, but only through normal channels and not by seeking emergency relief from federal appeals courts or the Supreme Court. Supreme Court declines to hear cases on teacher, student political speechThe U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 declined to hear two cases involving highly charged political speech connected to public schools. (Arkansas is in a different appeals court circuit, the 8th Circuit.)