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Push to reopen private schools arrives in federal court

by Associated Press
| September 23, 2020 4:33 PM

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday weighed whether pandemic-related occupancy limits on private schools in New Mexico violate constitutional rights to equal protection and freedom of assembly, in a case closely watched by the Trump administration.

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