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Private Disestablishment, Gaurav Mukherjee

BYU Law Review

Should public funds support religious schools? The Supreme Court’s 4–4 decision in St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond may have blocked America’s first religious charter school but set no precedent, leaving core constitutional questions unanswered. This Article argues that St. Isidore illustrates “private disestablishment,” where religious institutions claim private status while exercising public power—allowing them to access public benefits without accepting public constraints. Blurring the boundary between private and public allows these entities to secure public benefits like funding and regulatory advantages while avoiding obligations that typically constrain public institutions, such as non-discrimination or religious neutrality.

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“We Are Physically Alive But Mentally Dead”: The International Community Must Take Action To Ensure Women’S Right To Education In Afghanistan, Solveig J. Clifford

BYU Law Review

International treaties recognize the right to education as a fundamental human right. The Taliban, which currently act as the government as Afghanistan, are legally bound by treaty obligations to respect the right to education. The Taliban have banned women and girls from receiving education past the sixth grade, which is illegal under international law. During the Taliban’s previous regime in Afghanistan, they implemented a similar policy, which had disastrous results for an entire generation of Afghan women. Once again, the education ban is causing severe harm to the women and girls of Afghanistan. The international community has failed to take …

Them’S Fightin’ Words—Maybe: Testing The Application And Boundaries Of The “Fighting Words” Doctrine Using A Randomized Survey Experiment, Erin Cranor, Dane Thorley

BYU Law Review

Advanced note to readers: The survey experiment in this Article depicts acts of verbal violence, including the use of raceand gender-based epithets. Some of the relevant caselaw also includes offensive or harmful language.

As one of only a handful of exceptions to the First Amendment’s bar on laws proscribing speech, “fighting words” are defined as “those personally abusive epithets which, when addressed to the ordinary citizen, are, as a matter of common knowledge, inherently likely to provoke violent reaction.”1 It is unclear, however, how this relatively old doctrine applies to contemporary speech. Additionally, the standard is itself potentially problematic in …

“Context In Context”: The Collapse Of Title Ix’S Substantial Control Requirement, Morgan Bronson

BYU Law Review

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) plays a critical role in addressing sex discrimination in academic settings. Though the statute envisions robust administrative enforcement, courts have largely been responsible for shaping Title IX’s liability framework, including in cases involving student-on-student sexual harassment. In two early decisions, the Supreme Court introduced five conditions necessary to establish a federal funding recipient’s liability in such cases. Among them was a two-part “substantial control” requirement: the recipient must have exercised control over both the harasser and the context of the harassment. The Court, however, never clearly articulated these conditions, leading …

They Managed A Protest: Prohibitory, Ethical, And Prudential Policing Of Academic Speech, David Schraub

BYU Law Review

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Saving Camelot? Nil And The Future Of Amateurism, William W. Berry Iii

BYU Law Review

This Article explores the future of intercollegiate athletics with a diminished (and perhaps even disappearing) amateurism model. Specifically, the Article argues that athletic conferences are in the best position to “save Camelot”—to preserve the aspects of college sports that make them beloved and distinctive—while at the same time realistically accounting for an evolving economic and legal landscape.

In Part I, the Article describes the economics of the NCAA’s current amateurism model. Part II explores the recent changes to the NCAA’s amateurism model in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alston v. NCAA and the widespread adoption of state name, …

Sitla And How To Make It Pay: Two Proposals For Increasing The Profitability Of Utah’S School And Institutional Trust Lands, Katrina Cole

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Reshaping College Athlete Sports Betting Education, Becky Harris, John T. Holden

BYU Law Review

Legal sports wagering has been rapidly expanding across the United States since 2018. In the wake of the Supreme Court's Murphy decision, more than twenty five states have legalized sports betting and billions of dollars have followed the cascades of legalization. As the legal market continues to grow, professional sports leagues have been quick to embrace the regulated expansion, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has not changed their steadfast opposition. Despite the NCAA's vehement opposition, the organization has seemed to gain little traction in getting states to either wholly exclude wagering on collegiate sports or getting the federal …

A Call For State Legislators To Reconsider Their Stance On School Choice And School Funding, Leah Blake

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Time’S Up: Schools Need To Teach Students About Sexual Harassment, Alyssa Nielsen

BYU Law Review

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School To Students: Post That, And You Won't Play, Ashley Waddoups

BYU Law Review

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Shutting Down Speech 101: Saving Campus Free Speech From The Heckler’S Veto And The Speech Gerrymander, Charles Adside Iii

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Smile, You’Re On Camera: A Discussion Of The Privacy Rights Of Teachers In The Modern Day Classroom, Dakota Brewer

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Out In Public: Legal And Policy Benefits Of Open, Cooperative K-12 Transgender Policy Development, Erin Cranor

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Nonprofit College Crash: Enforcing Board Fiduciaries Through Increased Accountability And Transparency In The Irs Form 990 Procedure, Patrick R. Baker, Paula Hearn Moore, Kaleb Paul Byars

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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“More Than A Chronological Fact”: Roper V. Simmons As An Argument For Moving Away From Zero-Tolerance Discipline And Toward Restorative Justice, Elisse Newey

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Monetary Liability Of Public School Employees Under The Idea And Section 504/Ada, Perry A. Zirkel

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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The Federal Role In Universal Pre-K, Brian Mcwalters

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Separating The Wheat From The Tares: The Supreme Court's Premature Strict Scrutiny Of Race-Based Remedial Measures In Public Education, Hayden Smith

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Armed And Dangerous - Teachers? A Policy Response To Security In Our Public Schools, Todd A. Demitchell, Christine C. Rath

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Minding The Gap: Improving Parental Involvement To Bridge Education Gaps Between American Indian And Non-Indian Students, Cassidy Wadsworth Skousen

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Keeping The "I" In The Idea: A Response To A Proposal To Abandon Individualization In Special Education In Favor Of Rule-Based Delivery Models, Thomas A. Mayes

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Thinking Outside Of The Race Boxes: A Two-Pronged Approach To Further Diversity And Decrease Bias, Samia E. Mccall

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Addressing The Bullying And Harassment Of Students With Disabilities Through School Compliance To Avoid Litigation, Bryson King

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Off-Campus Sexually Harassing Expression: What Legal Standard Applies?, Martha Mccarthy

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Unpatriotic Profit: How For-Profit Colleges Target Veterans And What The Government Must Do To Stop Them, Christopher J. Salemme

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Who Decides? The Title Ix Religious Exemption And Administrative Authority, Elise S. Faust

BYU Law Review

The Title IX religious exemption demonstrates how statutory religious exemptions can help further social change by neutralizing potential conflict with religious dissenters. Part of the reason for its success is that it is narrowly constructed and automatically applies to qualifying institutions. However, the regulations contradict the statutory text by potentially giving the Department of Education discretion to grant or deny exemptions. Were the Department to fully exercise this power, its actions would conflict with both the language of the statute and the Constitution. The Department of Education’s recent scrutiny of the “controlled by” language of the exemption provides an example …

Rethinking Religious Exemptions From Title Ix After Obergefell, Cara Duchene

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Regaining Trust In Nonprofilt Charter Schools: Toward Benefit Corporation Branding For For-Profit Education Management Organizations, James Eastman

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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To Solve It Aright: Rerum Novarum And New Jersey's Answer To Catholic Bishop Of Chicago, Daniel T. Paxton

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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