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
In early July, the University of Pennsylvania said it had reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Education, resolving a federal investigation into Title IX violations based on transgender athlete participation in...more
7/24/2025
/ Department of Education ,
Gender Identity ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sports ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
In Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, 602 U.S. ____ (2024) (hereafter, "Starbucks"), the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently resolved a circuit split to clarify that if the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) seeks a...more
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