PHILADELPHIA – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a New Jersey father have filed their opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in a federal lawsuit against state and local officials based on a school district’s treating of the man’s daughter as a boy without his consent.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear two cases concerning state laws that protect women’s sports. The states of West Virginia and Idaho, together with attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, asked the high court to take the cases.

ADF Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch:  “As the internet becomes easier for minors to access, so too does explicit material. Research shows that young people exposed to pornography suffer from increased rates of depression, anxiety, violent behavior, sexual promiscuity and abuse, trafficking, and distorted views of relationships between men and women. Texas has every right to pass laws that protect children from these types of harms, and in no way do these laws violate anyone’s constitutionally protected freedom of speech….”