11/6/25
Does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from designating separate girls’ and boys’ sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth? Those …
Category: Government Law
Can you get arrested for calling 911 too many times? The Eleventh Circuit says…maybe.
9/22/25
Imagine moving to a rural area to escape the noise, ready to raise your newborn in peace and quiet. No traffic, no sirens, just crickets and the occasional owl. Peace, finally. Then your new neighbor moves …
Medina v. Planned Parenthood: A turning point for §1983 claims?
7/23/25
In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, 606 U.S. ___ (2025), the United States Supreme Court issued a significant decision that further narrows the scope of private enforcement under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The case arose …
7/21/25
By: Cory A. Chipman
Introduction
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), through its Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), published the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook (The Playbook)1 and a fact sheet2 on Jan. 14, 2025. The …
Georgia Supreme Court: Minor tolling statute doesn’t extend ante litem notice deadline
6/18/25
By: Marissa A. Dunn and Dana K. Maine
On June 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of Georgia decided whether Georgia’s minor tolling statute applies to toll the deadline to submit an ante litem notice for suits against municipalities in Dates …
School handbook policies: Ministerial or discretionary?
4/28/25
By: Wayne S. Melnick and Xander D. Melnick
When does a school handbook policy create a ministerial duty versus a discretionary duty under an official immunity analysis? The Georgia Court of Appeals recently addressed that question in Wilson v. Anderson…
4/22/25
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s grant of immunity to a police officer who fatally shot a Good Samaritan during an active shooting situation.
On Thanksgiving 2018, several gunshots rang out …
President Trump’s Executive Order 14236 revokes $15-per-hour federal contractor minimum wage
4/4/25
On March 14, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14236. This Executive Order revoked 18 prior executive orders and actions issued by former President Joe Biden. One of these prior executive orders was Executive Order …
Proposed Ohio Constitutional Amendment to knock out qualified immunity
2/4/25
By: Paul-Michael La Fayette and Ashley Boyes Hetzel
A proposed Ohio Constitutional Amendment has been approved for signature gathering. If successful, the proposed Amendment will be on the November 2025 ballot in Ohio. The proposed Constitutional Amendment is promoted by the Ohio …
1/29/25
By: Cara M. Wright
On January 22, 2025, the Supreme Court heard an oral argument in Barnes v. Felix. The Supreme Court granted certiorari on the question of whether the moment of threat doctrine should be applied to cases …
1/6/25
Can a felon or any other person convicted of a crime punishable by a sentence over one year be banned from owning firearms? Currently, the answer depends on where the statute is challenged.
The federal felon-in-possession …
Striking a balance: Eleventh Circuit provides clarity on restricted speech in limited public forums
10/21/24
By: Steven L. Grunberg and Wesley C. Jackson
On October 8, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit held that a Florida public school board overstepped its power to restrict speech during public comment periods at board meetings by implementing “inconsistent,” “muddled,” and …