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NPR News: 04-22-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case

0:30.7

that could affect schools around the country. At issue is whether parents are entitled to

0:35.5

opt their children out of some classes where where the discussion may involve books with LGBT

0:40.5

characters. More from Nibyar's Neatonberg. The parents are invoking their rights to determine and guide their children's values. They contend that by using these books in the general curriculum, the school board is violating their rights to the free exercise of religion.

0:55.4

The school board counters that an opt-out is not required for mere exposure to ideas,

1:00.7

and that if such opt-outs were required, the schools would likely face opt-out demands for

1:06.1

science classes where evolution is taught or history classes, where the role of women in the

1:10.7

workplace is

1:11.3

discussed, all of which the school board says would disrupt classes and lead to the balkanization

1:16.7

of education. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

1:20.5

Lawyers for Maryland Mandy legally deported to El Salvador say the federal government is blocking

1:25.5

their requests for information on what they're doing to bring him back.

1:29.9

More from MPR's amanda Bastillo.

1:31.3

Kilmer-Abrego-Garcia's lawyers say they've made nearly 30 requests for information about what the government has done to, quote,

1:36.8

facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. from detention in El Salvador.

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But the Justice Department is objecting to all the requests. That's despite a

1:45.4

judge's order to uncover what they've done via a process known as expedited discovery. The Justice

1:51.0

Department lawyers who are representing the administration say that they're operating in good

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