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California mom appeals to Supreme Court in religious-based vaccine dispute, as son is banned from school
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A California mom says the state is forcing her to choose between her Christian faith and her son’s education, and she’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in.
The emergency application, filed Sept. 11 and formally docketed Friday, was submitted to Justice Elena Kagan, who handles emergency matters from the Ninth Circuit.
Kagan could decide on her own or refer the case to the full Court, a move that could make the mother’s fight a national test case over faith and vaccines in a majority-conservative bench.
The filing, brought by We the Patriots USA, Inc. and «Jane Doe,» contends that California’s health code unconstitutionally bars her son from attending school unless he receives vaccines she considers religiously objectionable.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS AMERICA’S CORE RIGHT. WE MUST DEFEND IT FOR KIDS AND PARENTS
A California mother submitted a filing to Justice Elena Kagan on behalf of her son who refuses vaccinations on the basis of their Christian faith. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Doe argues the vaccines are linked to abortion through aborted fetal tissue used in development and testing and that her faith compels her to keep her and her son’s bodies pure as «the temple of the Holy Spirit.»
According to the application, her son had attended public school under a personal beliefs exemption until California had phased those out. When she pursued alternative immunization methods, Ventura Unified School District initially accepted them, only to later reject them and bar her son from classes in January.
In May, prosecutors issued Doe a criminal citation for truancy, though the case was later dropped. Once an honor-roll student, her son is now failing academically according to the filing and struggles socially after being kept out of school for months.
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The California mother, identifying as «Jane Doe,» objects to vaccines which use aborted fetal cells on the basis of her Christian faith. (iStock)
Doe’s attorneys argue the law violates the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, pointing to recent precedent that recognizes parents’ rights to direct their children’s religious upbringing. They contend California permits medical exemptions that pose the same public health risks as religious exemptions would, making the law discriminatory against people of faith.
«The First Amendment does not permit California to exile children from public school because their parents seek to raise them in accordance with their religious beliefs,» the filing states.
The brief warns that without relief, the unnamed teen risks missing his education entirely or being forced to choose between «obeying God and sacrificing their children’s futures, or caving to the state and sacrificing their souls and their children’s sanctity.»
Protesters opposing vaccine mandates gather at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Justice Kagan may call for a response from California officials or refer the application to the full Court for consideration. The mother is asking the justices to issue an injunction allowing her son to return to school while the broader case plays out in the lower courts.
Her lawyers also warn that unless the Court steps in, families like hers may be forced to «literally flee California» to practice their faith, something the brief says the First Amendment was designed to prevent.
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The case comes amid ongoing national debates over vaccine mandates, religious liberty and parental rights under the Trump administration.
The filing follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which strengthened protections for parents directing their children’s religious upbringing.
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Inauguró la Librería Feltrinelli en Montevideo: cómo pensar la cultura en tiempos de cambio
La librería Feltrinelli abrió sus puertas en Montevideo, marcando la llegada de la mayor cadena italiana de librerías a Sudamérica y el debut de la marca fuera de Europa.
El espacio, ubicado en el histórico edificio Pablo Ferrando sobre la peatonal Sarandí, ofrece más de 60.000 títulos distribuidos en dos plantas y 650 metros cuadrados, junto a una cafetería y una agenda de eventos culturales permanentes.
La inauguración oficial se realizó el sábado 28 de febrero con la presencia de autores locales, figuras de la comunidad literaria, representantes de la colectividad italiana y autoridades tanto uruguayas como italianas.
Entre los asistentes se encontraron Carlo Feltrinelli, presidente del grupo editorial, y la poeta uruguaya Ida Vitale, de 102 años, quien fue especialmente homenajeada durante la velada.
Se sumaron también funcionarios del gobierno uruguayo y delegaciones diplomáticas, en un acto que celebró la apertura con música en vivo y discursos que resaltaron el carácter cultural del proyecto.
La apuesta por Montevideo responde, según declaró Eva Congil, consejera delegada del grupo en España, a la combinación de una fuerte tradición lectora, la existencia de socios locales experimentados y la oportunidad de restaurar un edificio emblemático.
Caras y Caretas recogió sus palabras: “Una librería hoy tiene sentido si es algo más que un lugar donde comprar. Son espacios de comunidad”. La propuesta, alineada con el modelo italiano, ofrece una cafetería, actividades culturales y una selección de títulos en español, inglés e italiano, así como vinilos y artículos culturales.
El edificio Pablo Ferrando fue sometido a un proceso de restauración que preservó elementos originales como la escalera de mármol, los vitrales y el reloj de la fachada. Se trata de una construcción patrimonial de grado cuatro y cuenta con el ascensor en funcionamiento más antiguo de Uruguay.
El espacio funcionó durante quince años como la librería Puro Verso y ahora alberga la primera sede latinoamericana de Feltrinelli, tras una alianza con los libreros Alejandro Lagazeta, Juan Castillo y Pablo Braun.
En cuanto a la oferta, la Feltrinelli de Montevideo cuenta con secciones de narrativa, ensayo, poesía, literatura infantil y una propuesta internacional que incluye un área específica para libros en lengua italiana.
Se implementó un sistema de mesas temáticas que se renuevan cada dos semanas, con foco inicial en ecología, género, feminismos y literatura uruguaya. La agenda cultural prevé presentaciones de libros, mesas redondas y música en vivo, consolidando el lugar como un nodo cultural y de encuentro para la ciudad.
La historia de Feltrinelli se extiende por más de setenta años. Fundada en 1954 por Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, la editorial fue pionera en la publicación de autores latinoamericanos en Europa y editó títulos de referencia como Cien años de soledad de Gabriel García Márquez y el Diario del Che en Bolivia de Ernesto Che Guevara.
Actualmente, el grupo gestiona más de 120 librerías en Italia y mantiene una política de fuerte compromiso cultural, a la que ahora incorpora su presencia en América Latina.
El desembarco en Montevideo se plantea como un “primer experimento” en la región, según palabras de Carlo Feltrinelli a El Observador. La apuesta se sustenta en el dinamismo del ecosistema editorial uruguayo, la cercanía cultural entre Italia y Uruguay y la convicción de que, incluso en la era digital, los libros pueden seguir generando comunidad.
La librería, explicaron sus impulsores a Infobae Cultura, busca ser un espacio abierto a la diversidad, el debate y la participación, con el objetivo de renovar el vínculo entre lectores y libros en un contexto de transformación tecnológica y de consumo cultural.
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A Russian man convicted of assaulting a woman in London in an attack witnessed by Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son, on a video call was sentenced to four years in prison by a London court on Friday.
Matvei Rumiantsev, 23, an MMA fighter, was convicted by a jury on Jan. 28 of assault with bodily harm but was acquitted of rape and choking charges. He was also convicted of perverting the course of justice stemming from a letter he sent the woman a letter from jail asking her to retract her allegations.
After the assault, Rumiantsev admitted he was jealous of his girlfriend’s friendship with the 19-year-old son of President Donald Trump.
BARRON TRUMP REPORTEDLY SAVED WOMAN’S LIFE AFTER WITNESSING VIOLENT ASSAULT ON FACETIME CALL
Barron Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/Getty Images)
«Your lack of insight and empathy was apparent at trial,» Justice Joel Bennathan said. «You continue to try to blame the complainant for everything that has happened.»
Trump told investigators he had placed a late-night FaceTime call to the woman, whom he had met on social media, and had been startled when the call had been briefly answered by a shirtless man on Jan. 18, 2025.
«That view lasted maybe one second and I was racing with adrenaline,» Barron Trump said. «The camera was then flipped to the victim getting hit while crying, stating something in Russian.»
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Barron Trump looks on ahead of the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2025. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Barron Trump called the police in London.
«It’s really an emergency … I’m calling from the U.S., uh, I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up,» he told an operator.
Police responded to the address and arrested Rumiantsev, a London-based receptionist.
At his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Rumiantsev was acquitted of rape and choking related to the attack, as well as a separate rape and assault allegation from November 2024.
His attorney, Sasha Wass, said that Trump wasn’t aware the woman had a boyfriend and questioned how much he could have seen in just a few seconds of video.
Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Trump never testified in the case. However, the judge praised him for his quick-thinking actions.
«Mr, Trump properly and responsibly, despite being in the United States, made sure the emergency services here were called, and he told them what he had seen,» he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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