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The First Amendment Is Being Rewritten in Real Time

Don’t be fooled—Mahmoud v. Taylor isn’t really about “parental rights.”

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Mahmoud v. Taylor could further blur the separation of church and state. Cage Rivera/Rewire News Group

School libraries are not indoctrinating kids with “LGBTQ+ ideology”—I know that, you know that, we know that.

But conservatives love pretending they don’t.

This week, Jess and Imani get into Mahmoud v. Taylor, a Supreme Court case that could upend First Amendment rights with the potential to fundamentally erase the separation of church and state in public schools.

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