Former McLean Hospital social worker Emily Thorndike was called to court after her TikTok video went viral online for criticizing testimony about the facility. Judge William Sullivan ultimately decided not to allow Thorndike to testify before the jury, saying her testimony had “limited value” given that she had not worked there for some time before January 2023.
A divided federal appeals court ruled that a rural Oregon school district lawfully fired an education specialist for keeping books about biological sex in his office, a decision the dissenting judge warned strips public employees of their First Amendment rights the moment a student walks by. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its […] The post Ninth Circuit upholds firing of Oregon educator who displayed children's books on biological sex appeared first on American Almanac .
A divided federal appeals court ruled that a rural Oregon school district lawfully fired an education specialist for keeping books about biological sex in his office, a decision the dissenting judge warned strips public employees of their First Amendment rights the moment a student walks by. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its split ruling on July 21 in the case of Roderick Theis, a licensed clinical social worker employed by the InterMountain Education Service District in rural Oregon. Theis kept three children's books in his office: Johnny the Walrus by Matt Walsh, and He Is He and She Is She by Ryan and Bethany Bomberger. All three books present sex as binary and immutable. IMESD characterized the display as a "hostile…Open
Katherine Short was a licensed clinical social worker who operated a private practice in Los Angeles with a specialization in adoption, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, grief and loss, suicide and relationship difficulties.