Happy Friday and welcome to our Weekend Edition Show. Today, Kerby is joined by Debbie Georgatos and First Liberty’s Chelsey Youman. They will take a look at the top stories in the news this week and give you their point of view. Want to share yours? Give us a call at 800-351-1212.
She joined First Liberty Institute after working for a law firm in private practice, where she successfully litigated corporate fraud matters, complex commercial litigation, and consumer rights issues in both federal and state jurisdictions.
Youman received her Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University, where she was a Dean’s Scholarship Recipient. She was also a member of the Board of Advocates, where she successfully argued in off-campus mock trial competitions, and was a member of the Aggie Law Society and SMU Christian Legal Society. During law school, she clerked for the Consumer Protection Division in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas and Liberty Institute.
For a while at the beginning of this school year, it didn’t seem that way. The Texas high school censored the word “Jesus” out of the business logo of a student club sponsor.
“The government often thinks it can, or should, censor speech just because it’s religious. But that’s not true,” said Jeremy Dys, First Liberty Senior Counsel. Some officials at Lewisville Independent School District (ISD) were apparently misinformed.
But Lewisville ISD quickly and commendably reversed course when informed by First Liberty that the school was violating the law. First Liberty represented the club sponsor whose logo was censored.