September 5, 2025 - Mahmoud v. Taylor: Majority Decision · In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Alito, the Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit, holding that the parents were entitled to a preliminary injunction because the introduction of the storybooks, ...

2 weeks ago - Court observers said the conservative majority seemed ready to back the parents and require schools to provide opt-outs to protect religious freedom, while the liberal justices raised questions of how far such opt-outs would extend if the court ruled in the parents' favor.

March 10, 2026 - In a 6-3 ruling, the Justices affirmed that parents have the final say in how their children are raised, not government bureaucrats. On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks ...

April 22, 2025 - Parents challenging the Montgomery ... the religious beliefs and practices parents wish to instill. Justice Samuel Alito authored the 6-3 majority opinion of the Court....

July 8, 2025 - In a move that equates to soft censorship, paves the way for expanded and more restrictive book bans, and stigmatizes LGBTQ people, justices voted 6-3 in favor of a preliminary injunction for a small group of parents in Montgomery County, Maryland ...

December 21, 2025 - Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. The Ten Commandments return to federal court (Stephanie Barclay, January 23, 2026) Religious schools and religious rites (Richard Garnett, December 2, 2025) ...

TAMER MAHMOUD, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. THOMAS W. TAYLOR, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ... JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court.

Reversed and remanded, 6-3, in an opinion by Samuel Alito on Jun 27, 2025. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. ... When inclusion becomes compulsion: Mahmoud v. Taylor, pluralism, and public educationJul ...

June 27, 2025 - By a vote of 6-3, the justices agreed with the parents – who are Muslim, Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox – that the Montgomery County school board’s refusal to provide them with that option violates their constitutional right to freely ...

October 2, 2025 - On the last day of it 2024-2025 term, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the lower courts by granting a preliminary injunction in a 6-3 decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito. Justice Clarence Thomas authored a concurring opinion.

June 27, 2025 - The fourth opinion of the day is Mahmoud v. Taylor, about whether parents of public school students have the right to pull their kids out of classes involving books with LGBTQ+ themes. The Supreme Court sides with the parents in a 6-3 vote. Read ...

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided with parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case at the nexus of education, parental rights and religious freedom.

July 3, 2025 - Recently, in Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. __ (June 27, 2025), a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court held that parents were entitled to opt their children out of LGBTQ-supportive...

June 27, 2025 - Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court, which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett joined. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion.

June 27, 2025 - Washington D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor today, siding with parents seeking to opt their children out of classroom instruction that includes LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks.

June 27, 2025 - Tamer Mahmoud, et al., PETITIONERS v. Thomas W. Taylor, et al. ... Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court.

September 11, 2025 - Parents must have a say about their own kids, they are our partners in education.” Except a belligerent school board that was too stubborn or mathematically challenged to count votes on the Supreme Court made that impossible. Even though the decision reached the rather obvious conclusion that compelling children to receive instruction contrary to parents’ traditional religious beliefs on sexual ethics violates their free exercise rights, it raises other questions related to school choice. Citing Pierce v. Society Sisters (1925) and Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972), Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the majority strongly reaffirmed that parents have the right to direct the religious upbringing of their children.

In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that MCPS’s refusal to allow the objecting parents to · opt their children out from LGBTQI+ storybooks on religious grounds and provide notice to these parents · of future LGBTQI-inclusive content was an unconstitutional burden on their ...

August 5, 2025 - Academic objectivity requires acknowledgement of the dissenting opinion filed in Mahmoud v. Taylor by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The dissent is grounded in a contrasting interpretation of the constitutional scope of religious freedom and the relationship between parental rights and the State’s educational function.

Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today. ... Mahmoud v. Taylor is a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 2025, during the court's October 2024-2025 term.