by Katharine Bohrs | Nov 29, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth
Photo credit: Leigh Taylor/The Detroit News Earlier this month, the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments for a case filed by Public Counsel, a national pro bono law firm which focuses much of its resources on children’s rights, which claims that the conditions in...
by Katharine Bohrs | Oct 25, 2019 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Racial Justice
Earlier this month, Amicus Blog contributor Alexandra Butler wrote a post discussing how school district secessions, the phenomenon of smaller communities breaking off from their original school district to form their own, have exacerbated racial segregation across...
by Molly Coleman | Oct 15, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, Executive Branch, Guest Author, Immigration, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
This is a guest post by Kari Hong* and Philip L. Torrey.** Many are surprised to learn that crime-based deportations[1] do not necessarily make intuitive sense. Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)[2], a misdemeanor...
by Alexandra Butler | Oct 9, 2019 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Racial Justice
Opting out shouldn’t be an option. Over the past few weeks, several articles have placed school district secession laws, also known as splinter laws, at the center of discussions on racial segregation in American public schools. Although the specifics vary by state,...
by | Dec 22, 2018 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Sex Equality
Content Warning: This article contains a general description of sexual assault scenarios on college campuses. Just over two weeks ago, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed new rules on how colleges and universities are to comply with Title IX, a law forbidding...
by | Nov 20, 2018 | Amicus, Education & Youth
Should a religiously affiliated high school be held responsible for failure to protect a student who is being bullied while in their care if the school asserts that its decisions about how to treat and take care of students were made on the basis of religious...