• A judge this month declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Virginia Tech women’s soccer player who says she was benched after she did not kneel in a pregame ceremony, building up to a legal battle that combines sports, cultural politics, and the First Amendment.
• U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, rejected Virginia Tech’s bid to dismiss the case on Dec. 2, saying “genuine issues of material fact” existed that need to be decided by a jury, according to court records.

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