Ninth Circuit Revives Racial Hostile Work Environment Claim
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Diemert v. City of Seattle granted a partial victory to Joshua Diemert. Joshua Diemert worked for the City of Seattle when the…
Equal Protection Clause
Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education
Equal Protection Means Equal Treatment
For more than 40 years, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) operated some of the most competitive magnet programs in the country. Admission was straightforward: students were evaluated based on their…
Arguing Young v. Colorado Department of Corrections Before the 10th Circuit
Tomorrow, Thursday, January 22, at 9:00 AM Mountain Time, attorneys from Mountain States Legal Foundation will appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado,…
West Virginia, et al. v. B. P. J.
Biology, Not Ideology: The Fight for Sports and Free Speech
Introduction West Virginia passed a law to protect equality and safety in women’s sports by making sure competition stays separated by biological sex. This is common sense. Men and women…
Joshua A. Diemert v. City of Seattle
Discrimination in the Name of "Equity" is Wrong and Unconstitutional
Joshua Diemert worked for the City of Seattle when the city rolled out its sweeping “Race and Social Justice Initiative” (RSJI). While advertised as a workplace training program, RSJI was…
Victory! USDA Concedes and Heads Back to the Drawing Board in Strickland Case
We’re thrilled to announce a major step forward in our fight for equal treatment under the law. In the case of Strickland v. USDA, the court has officially granted our…
B.W. by M.W. v. Austin Independent School District
Harassment in the Classroom
Brooks Warden was just a middle schooler in Austin, Texas, when his educational experience took a dark turn. After wearing a Make America Great Again hat on a school field…
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY RENOUNCES RACE AND SEX PREFERENCES IN EMERGENCY RELIEF
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (February 11, 2025) — In a groundbreaking development in Strickland v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, the federal government has informed the court that it is unequivocally renouncing race…
Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
When Justice Isn’t Blind: How Race-Based Standards Undermine Equality
At the heart of our nation’s commitment to equality lies the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees that no government entity—including courts themselves—shall deny any person within…
MSLF Launches Investigation of U.S. Secret Service DEI Policies in Wake of Assassination Attempt on President Trump
MSLF is asking USSS agents and applicants who were discriminated against due to their sex to step forward DENVER, CO (Aug. 20, 2024) – Mountain States Legal Foundation has launched an…