The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down an important decision in the battle over the religious freedom of student clubs on the nation's public college campuses. It sends a message that government officials – i.e., college administrators – need to hear: you can't treat religious clubs by different rules than you treat other clubs. That's viewpoint discrimination, and if you engage in it – at least in the  states covered by the 8th Circuit – not only will the educational institution be liable, but so will the individual officials involved in the discrimination.

The case involves InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship (InterVarsity), which was deregistered by the University of Iowa as an official student club over its requirement that leaders subscribe to a Christian statement of faith. Loss of official status means losing student fees to help run the club, along with the loss of campus communication channels and meeting space. It severely hinders the ability of a club to attract members and get its message out to other students.

Three United States Senators have proposed a new bill that would legalize the possession of marijuana nationwide. The draft bill comes as more and more states continue to decriminalize the drug.

The "Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act" would remove marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances and empower "states to implement their own cannabis laws."

The draft legislation, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., would establish 21 as the minimum age to buy marijuana, and would stipulate that any retail sale of the drug be limited to 10 ounces.

"The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act aims to end the decades of harm inflicted on communities of color by removing cannabis from the federal list of controlled substances," the draft proposal states. "Federal cannabis reforms are especially urgent as more and more states legalize the adult and medical use of cannabis."

An official with the Virginia Parent-Teacher Association resigned after a video revealed her saying "Let them die" in response to a rally by parents who oppose critical race theory.

Michelle Leete worked as the Virginia PTA's vice president of training, but the Virginia PTA announced in a statement on Saturday that it had requested and received Leete's resignation.

"While not speaking in her role within Virginia PTA, we do not condone the choice of words used during a public event on Thursday, July 15, 2021," the statement said.

This comes just days after Leete gave a speech prior to a Fairfax County school board meeting. At the meeting, the board was scheduled to vote on whether or not transgender-identified students should be allowed to use bathroom and locker room facilities that matched the sex they identify with – rather than those that match their biological reality. The group ultimately voted to require that transgender children should be allowed to use the facility of their choosing and that school staffers be required to address the students by their names and preferred pronouns.