As federal civil rights enforcement fails, states need independent agencies with jurisdiction to enforce residents’ rights.

As federal civil rights enforcement fails, states need independent agencies with jurisdiction to enforce residents’ rights.

American democracy and American higher education are inextricable.

The Edley Center on Law & Democracy hosts the Thomas David and Judith Swope Clark Symposium on Constitutional Interpretation on August 28 to discuss ways states can fight back to […]

Lhamon and Young: Moving special education services and civil rights complaints to other federal agencies weakens protections for students.

Organize, show up, prove, hold the line: what all of us can do to protect elections

Our history has not been a straight line toward freedom, but a recurring struggle to close the gap between America’s founding promises and its practices.

YouTube video by Goldman School of Public Policy

A requiem for the Voting Rights Act

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Hosted by the Edley Center for Law & Democracy. This panel brings together three experienced former federal prosecutors -- one from the Watergate era and two from the last several [...]

Download the full paper The idea At a crucible moment in American history, after the nation witnessed firehoses wielded against children seeking justice, a governor blocking a schoolhouse door, and br...

Letter to County and District Superintendents, Charter School Administrators, and School Principals regarding affirmation of continued protections on the basis of gender, gender expression, gender ide...