America First Legal filed a lawsuit Monday against the school board for Montgomery County, Maryland, and the county’s superintendent, Monifa McKnight.
The lawsuit claims that the Board of Education deprived two citizens, Matthew Foldi and Bethany Mandel, of their rights to the First Amendment and the Maryland Open Meetings Act when they were denied access to a board meeting on June 27.
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/1🚨BREAKING — we filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education for violating the First Amendment rights of citizens by denying them access to school board meetings.
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“The rights of citizens to take part in the democratic process is paramount to the American system of government….