(Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash) The Rutherford Institute, which fights on behalf of civil and religious rights, has dispatched a letter to a Texas school district challenging officials’ decision to include a “non-disparagement” clause in teacher contracts. That provision requires that teachers agree to “not disparage, criticize, or defame the district, and its employees or officials, to the media.” However, that provision likely violates the Constitution in at least two ways, the legal team explained in a letter to the trustees and superintendent of the Carroll Independent School District.… Read the rest