What happens when California school policies, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Supreme Court’s mysterious “Shadow Docket” collide? TPPF’s Vice President of Policy, Andrew Brown, joins us to unpack the procedural rollercoaster of Mirabelli v. Bonta.
We dig into a California rule that requires teachers to hide a child’s social transition from parents, and why the Supreme Court hit pause on the rule instead of waiting on the Ninth Circuit to weigh in.
What We’re Unpacking:
- Demystifying the “Shadow Docket”: What exactly is the emergency docket, and how do courts use it to decide the status quo before a case is even fully argued?
- Conservative Concerns: Discover why the phrase “Substantive Due Process” makes some textualist judges break out in a cold sweat.
- Parental Rights 101: Learn how John Locke, natural law, and the fundamental right to raise your kids predate the government itself.
- Irreparable Harm: Why the state keeping secrets from parents creates a rift and inflicts damage that a court ruling simply can’t undo later.