Opting Out: School District Secession and Local Control
Opting out shouldn’t be an option. Over the past few weeks, several articles have placed school district secession laws, also […]
Education & Youth
Why Betsy DeVos’s New “Due Process” Rules are Unnecessary
I used to advise college students accused of sexual misconduct, and I think that the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to college Title IX proceedings unnecessarily weaken the ability of colleges to prevent sexual assault.
The Expansion of the Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine – Why You Should Care
Should a religiously affiliated high school be held responsible for failure to protect a student who is being bullied while
A Lawsuit in Hartford, Connecticut Seeks to Undermine the State’s Landmark Desegregation Case
The Harvard admissions trial isn’t the only place where impact litigators are working to undermine affirmative action and school desegregation
Book Review: The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind, by Justin Driver
What is the purpose of the public school? Professor Justin Driver of the University of Chicago Law School tackles this
SFFA v. Harvard: Access to Higher Education and The Limitations of The Courtroom
Holistic admissions policies like Harvard’s have repeatedly been found constitutional, and the law applies similarly here. However, the narrow legal formalism of the courtroom does not allow for meaningful adjudication or discussion of diversity and bias in admissions.
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: April 12
Criminal Legal System Our unemployment rate fails to account for mass incarceration. Mass incarceration disproportionately affects black communities. Unemployment
Who Are You Calling a Nuisance?: How Nuisance Ordinances Discriminate Against Families With Children
The housing crisis in the United States has garnered increasing attention over the past few years, and recent studies have
Who Do Texas Teens Turn to When They Need an Abortion?
In October 2017, a 17-year-old girl incarcerated in an immigrant detention facility in Texas made headlines for clashing with the
A Wildcat Strike in West Virginia: What Striking Educators Teach Us about Fighting for Workers’ Rights in Dire Times
The statewide teachers’ strike that closed West Virginia schools for nine consecutive days moved closer to resolution on Tuesday when
Family Disunification: How Family Courts Are Tearing Undocumented Parents and Their Children Apart
When President Trump made his “shithole” countries comment earlier this year, he revealed the ugly undercurrent of racism that has