On April 2, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) will chair a bipartisan House select committee overseeing the government’s coronavirus expenditures. Approval is subject to a...more
On March 27, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The $2 trillion stimulus package is the largest in American history and will make available hundreds of billions of...more
The 2018 election—and, in particular, control of Congress—has been a subject of intense debate and speculation for months, as Democrats aimed to capitalize on an energized base and Republicans sought to mobilize Trump voters...more
Earlier this year, Brenda Fitzgerald, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, was forced to resign because, shortly after taking the position, she had purchased stock in tobacco and pharmaceutical companies —...more
A memorandum obtained by ProPublica, if authentic, sets forth substantially revised guidance for civil rights investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The memorandum,...more
As the Obama administration winds down, the number of administration officials leaving the government will increase dramatically. The traditional exodus that accompanies the end of a presidential administration creates...more
Campuses across the country are wrestling with how free speech, tolerance, diversity and politics mix in a higher education environment. Recently, the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee examined the...more
The US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently confirmed that transgender students are protected from sex-based discrimination under Title IX and found that a public school district violated Title IX...more
While the nation’s attention has been focused on incidents involving the use of lethal force by local police—and ensuing racial and community unrest, protest, and violence—recent incidents involving campus police highlight...more
On April 2, the Department of Justice entered into a settlement agreement with edX, a major online college course provider, over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) related to the accessibility of...more