( September 18, 2025, 1:13 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Determining that school board members were either not authorized to speak for the school board or that a communication to the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding a parent’s criticism of the school district’s COVID-19 policy did not constitute an adverse action violating free speech rights, a panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the school district and its board members by a Michigan federal court....