In March 2021, the Biden administration signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) COVID-19 stimulus plan, providing $4 billion to forgive loans for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. But white farmers and ranchers are excluded in violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of Equal Protection.
Mountain States Legal Foundation today scored a major victory in its Brigida v. Buttigieg case (formerly Brigida v. Chao), a class action against the Federal Aviation Administration for race-based discrimination against certain applicants for Air Traffic Controller jobs in the Obama era.
“Devil’s Advocate” Host Jon Caldara sits down with MSLF Associate General Counsel Will Trachman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education, to discuss Title IX and how it has changed over the years in regards to due process in sexual harassment cases.
Mountain States Legal Foundation on Wednesday filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of former Education Department officials who are asking the nation’s top court to review Harvard University admission policies that allegedly discriminate against Asian Americans and others based on race.
When then-candidate Joe Biden was accused of a violent sexual assault by a former staffer, Tara Reade, he claimed that the allegation wasn’t true. When it was him being accused,…
When did merit cease to serve as the primary basis for political or professional advancement in this supposedly colorblind, “gender-neutral,” equality-oriented society? I of course recognize “diversity” (however one defines it) as a worthy goal, broadly speaking. But it amazes and troubles me…
We at Mountain States Legal Foundation could not be more pleased to celebrate the confirmation and swearing in of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. At Mountain States we spend our days before the courts…
News release: Denver, CO — Feb. 26, 2020 — Mountain States Legal Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief with the First Circuit Court of Appeals late yesterday in support of students fighting to end racial discrimination by the Harvard admissions office.
Mountain States Legal Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief Feb. 25, 2020, supporting Students for Fair Admissions’ lawsuit because Harvard’s admissions system is unconstitutional. Equality under the law should be protected.
Arizona State University graduate Andrew Brigida worked hard and got the right education to become an air traffic controller (ATC). He graduated from a program that briefly made him a preferred hire. But he was rejected when the federal government changed the rules.