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The Conservative Push to Force Girls to Wear Skirts

The fact that the Supreme Court is even considering taking this case is alarming.

Charter Day School in North Carolina requires girls to wear skirts in order to “preserve chivalry” based on its belief that “every girl is a fragile vessel.”

Is it the 1950s? In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jess and Imani get into the case, Charter Day School v. Peltier, which the Supreme Court is thinking about taking—despite the fact that the Court has never weighed in on dress codes.

We know what happens when the Court takes up cases they don’t need to.

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