***UPDATE: The review of the Boyertown student privacy lawsuit by the U.S Supreme Court was scheduled for today (Friday, February 22nd). However, the court chose to reschedule consideration of the case. We do not yet have a new date, but will keep you updated....
High school students ask nation's highest court to intervene and protect their fundamental right to privacy (November 19, 2018) Today the Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center and the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a petition for review before the U.S. Supreme...
On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled against student privacy in Doe v. Boyertown Area School District. Six courageous students from the Boyertown Area School District have been forced to defend their right to personal...
Imagine this: You're Mary Smith (fictitious name), one of the students in the Boyertown student privacy court case. Every time you go into the girls bathroom you wonder if whether there's a boy in there. You have already had a personal encounter with a boy in the...
A Call to Pray - Every Thursday in May - to Protect our Right to Personal Privacy In a case of great importance to students and families nationwide, six courageous students from the Boyertown Area School District (Boyertown, PA) are suing their school over an...
The following is the introduction from one of the legal briefs submitted in support of the students from Boyertown Area School District in their to protect their privacy rights. --- As Americans, we enjoy a right to bodily privacy. We have always had separate...
On Monday, July 17, 2017, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held a hearing on the case Doe v Boyertown Area School District which began with the following opening statement made by Randall Wenger, Chief Counsel for the...
SUMMARY: The Boyertown Area School District, without parent or student notification, made an unwritten change to school policy and opened its sex-specific restrooms and locker rooms to students of the opposite sex. Four high-school students are now suing the...
Randall Wenger, Chief Counsel with Independence Law Center who is representing the student from Boyertown Area School District now suing the school for sexual harassment and violating his bodily privacy, was recently interviewed by Greg Barton on the Spotlight...
PRESS RELEASE - Independence Law Center Principal tells student to ‘tolerate’ undressing with student of opposite sex, make it as ‘natural’ as possible PHILADELPHIA – A high school student and his parents sued the Boyertown Area School District Tuesday for...