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About Charles J. Russo
Charles J. Russo, M.Div., J.D., Ed.D., Joseph Panzer Chair of Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences (SEHS), Director of SEHS’s Ph.D. Program in Educational Leadership, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton, OH, specializes in issues involving education and the law with a special focus on religious freedom. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Notre Dame University of Australia School of Law, Sydney Campus. He can be reached at crusso1@udayton.edu. All views expressed herein are exclusively his own.
The Dispatch

Courts continue to undermine the basic rights of parents and educators

May 31, 2024 Charles J. Russo 6

Two recent cases over divergent issues in education involving human sexuality demonstrate how ideology continues to trump the rights of parents and educators. These disputes illustrate ongoing judicial indifference, if not hostility, to the religious […]

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Colorado law allows students to change “chosen names” without parental input

May 19, 2024 Charles J. Russo 9

After Colorado’s legislature recently turned parental rights on its ear in adopting House Bill 24-1039, Governor Jared S. Polis signed it into law on April 29, 2024. This bill requires officials in public schools, including […]

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A turn to sanity? SCOTUS upholds Idaho law limiting “transitioning”

May 7, 2024 Charles J. Russo 1

Amid ongoing controversy over “gender affirming” care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria wishing to transition, a divided Supreme Court recently largely upheld Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act (VCPA). The VCPA, applicable to children and vulnerable adults, bans […]

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Anti-religious bigotry raises its ugly head at elementary school near Seattle

April 17, 2024 Charles J. Russo 31

The recent example of overt hostility, even bigotry, toward students who are Christian occurred in Creekside Elementary School in Sammamish, Washington, about twenty miles east of Seattle. This controversy, it’s worth noting, is playing out […]

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Creative 303 redux: Another win for religious freedom

April 8, 2024 Charles J. Russo 7

On June 30, 2023, in 303 Creative v. Elenis, a major win for free speech, the Supreme Court reasoned that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission could not enforce the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act to compel a […]

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Radical ideological orthodoxy trammels parental rights, needs of children

April 1, 2024 Charles J. Russo 7

Discrimination against Christians continues unabated as for the third time in four years public officials have sought to not allow qualified Christians to serve as foster or adoptive parents because they reject the current orthodoxy […]

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SCOTUS kicks the can down the road on parental rights

March 23, 2024 Charles J. Russo 4

In 1925, in Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary, the Supreme Court upheld the rights of faith-based schools to operate along with those of parents to direct the […]

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Maine continues to discriminate against faith-based schools

March 15, 2024 Charles J. Russo 8

Effective October 18, 2021, Maine amended its Human Rights Act (MHRA) by “add[ing] gender identity, religion, ancestry, and color” as protected classes under the statute and narrowed the religious exception to state that ‘[n]othing in […]

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“The child is not the mere creature of the state” redux

February 20, 2024 Charles J. Russo 11

Almost a century ago, in 1925’s Pierce v. Society of Sisters, a dispute from Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the rights of non-public schools to operate and of parents to have them educated where they […]

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Biden administration works to deny financial aid to pro-life pregnancy centers

February 15, 2024 Charles J. Russo 18

In October 2023, the Biden administration, through the Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Xavier Becerra, continued its unrelenting attack on pro-life family centers. After a failed attempt to deny financial […]

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