Olympus Spa—an all-female, nude establishment in Washington state—sued after the government said it had broken the law by refusing to accept a preoperative transgender woman. But the case is more complicated than it looks.
The bipartisan bill, which passed the House, takes aim at university boycotts of any “major strategic partner.”
"Professor Abdou provides no authority which stands for the proposition that expressing disapproval of a foreign terrorist organization in a Congressional hearing amounts to discrimination or creates a hostile work environment ...."
I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.
A new Office of Legal Counsel opinion says disparate impact rules pushed employers to treat workers as members of racial groups rather than individuals.
The bill creates a new program to increase agency spending on small businesses, particularly those owned by women, minorities, and disabled veterans.
Plus: The Trump administration wants to roll back "disparate impact" regulations, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to roll back environmental review regulations, and L.A. waives fees for wildfire rebuilds.
New data display the failures of the expanded Discovery Program.
There is no non-racist justification for prioritizing white Afrikaner South Africans while closing the door to virtually all other groups.
This result is unsurprising, and was predicted by most analysts, including myself.
Federal judge allows "pattern or practice" claim of discrimination against Jews by coffee shop to go forward.
Over the past two decades, scores of business owners across the nation have sought to refuse services for same-sex weddings, an SMU Law School study finds
My Cato Institute colleague Walter Olson explains.
Racial profiling is a longstanding problem, exacerbated by Trump Administration deportation policies.
Yes, argues the Brandeis Center in a letter to Microsoft.
The Court ruled unanimously in favor of a disabled teenage girl and her family, who faced a higher bar to prove that her school discriminated against her.
According to the suit, workers denied service to and shouted epithets at two men wearing Star of David baseball caps in 2024.
The court ruled on Thursday that a heterosexual woman shouldn't have to clear a higher bar than a gay colleague to sue for discrimination.
Yesterday's ruling in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services unanimously applies this once-contested principle.
Unanimous rulings on discrimination, guns, and religion once again challenge the common media narrative that the Court is hopelessly polarized.
Olympus Spa had sued on First Amendment grounds.
though the court found the plaintiffs had standing to bring the claim, and gave them one last chance to amend their complaint to plausibly allege enough to allow the case to go forward.
Author Sheena Michele Mason offers an alternative vision for anti-racism.
Volokh's view gave breathing room for individuals' speech interests while leaving plenty of space for government to protect people from discrimination
The Court will weigh religious opt-outs and charter school discrimination. But true educational freedom means funding students, not systems.
The Washington Free Beacon's Aaron Sibarium discusses the various slashes the Trump administration has made to DEI projects and USAID.
But at least he restored respect for a tariff-loving predecessor by renaming a mountain.
According to a student complaint, the Commission's head directed other students to reject "Zionist" applicants.
The key issue in such cases is the motivation of the official who adopted by the policy, not who voted for him.
As hurricane damage mounts, the government is buying—and sometimes seizing—homes in flood-prone areas, sparking concerns over property rights and accusations of discrimination.
Federal housing officials allege a New Hampshire landlord violated the Fair Housing Act for refusing to show a unit to two women with emotional support dogs.
Judge Joseph Bianco’s decision emphasizes that constitutional rights and protections belong to individuals, not groups.
Under the law, the feds couldn't deny you a job or security clearance just because you've used marijuana in the past.
President Mohamed Muizzu cannot claim to be on the right side of history while adhering to a textbook definition of bigotry.
Chief executives' illicit motives can render their subordinates' actions unconstitutional. There is good reason for courts to enforce that rule.
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