Just days after the University of Pennsylvania's settlement with the federal government, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases involving state transgender athlete bans of girls and women competing in school sports...more
8/8/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Little v Hecox ,
School Sports ,
SCOTUS ,
State Bans ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
United States v Skrmetti ,
West Virginia v BPJ ,
Women in Sports
On February 5, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that aims to ban transgender women from participating in women's and girls' sports. This is the fourth order concerning transgender people that Trump has signed...more
2/11/2025
/ Athletes ,
College Athletes ,
Department of Education ,
Equal Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
NCAA ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
On June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court drastically altered college admissions by ruling that affirmative action admissions practices violated the Equal Protection Clause of the...more
7/10/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Universities