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Free Exercise of Religion and Mahmoud v. Taylor (Part 2)

When do schools cross the First Amendment’s line? Are religious rights just for the Amish? What are those rights anyway? And is it MAH-Mood or Mah-MOOD?

Parents protesting MCPS in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Image credit: The Beckett Fund.

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As promised last week, I am back with a brief case analysis on Mahmoud v. Taylor. In May, I covered the oral argument in this case for The College Fix, and you can find that piece here. At the time, Ian Prior, an attorney for America First Legal, told me that this may be the most “monumental decision … in 25 years” for parental rights. Last month, the Supreme Court affirmed his prediction.