Texas Court Denies Principal's Reinstatement Bid Over 1st Amendment Claims
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Updated · Bloomberg Law · Jul 30
Texas Court Denies Principal's Reinstatement Bid Over 1st Amendment Claims
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg Law · Jul 30
Summary
A Texas federal judge refused to preliminarily reinstate a school principal who was reassigned after backlash over religious social media posts.
The court said she was unlikely to show an adverse employment action because the move put her in a higher-paying, less stressful role made for safety reasons.
That finding undercut both her First Amendment retaliation claim and her 14th Amendment equal protection claim at the injunction stage.
The ruling leaves the reassignment in place while the broader lawsuit over the district's response to the public backlash proceeds.