Litigation Update: Investigating Title VI and Title IX Complaints

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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 supplemented Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include, in addition to barring discrimination on the ground of race, color, or national origin, sex as a protected class in federally funded education programs or activities. The purpose of enacting Title IX was to ensure that everyone, regardless of sex, would enjoy a discrimination-free educational experience. In the years since their enactment, observers have accused colleges and universities of violating Titles VI and IX in various ways. Many Title IX concerns have involved single-sex, female-only programs, scholarships, awards, fellowships, camps, …

CEO Launches Inaugural Civil Rights Fellowship

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It is with great joy that the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) announces and begins accepting applications today for its NEW Civil Rights Fellowship. The program, which will take place between Tuesday, August 9 – Friday, August 12, is intended for law students with an interest in a career in a public, private, or nonprofit setting where their instruction and training can be shared with the public, the courts, and/or through policy development. All incoming fellows will be provided a $500 stipend. Lodging and meals will be provided, and travel expenses will be reimbursed. CEO welcomes law students to apply who have …

CEO in the News – 2022-2024

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Not DEI but MNO on MLK Day National Review – 1/14/24 Sexual assault lawsuit threatens Hillsdale’s Title IX exemption The Collegian- 1/17/24 Nonprofit Center for Equal Opportunity Launches “After Affirmative Action Network” FedSoc – 1/11/24 How U.S. Public Schools Teach Antisemitism The FP – 12/19/23 Will the Ban on Affirmative Action Hurt Diversity? Look to California EdWeek – 12/4/23 Watchdog or Lapdog? Law & Liberty – 11/29/23 Think tank will ‘monitor compliance’ with affirmative action ban The College Fix – 11/28/23 A Newspaper Giant Tried to Diversify it’s staff. White workers sued. Washington Post – 10/29/23 Devon Westhill Interview O’Conner …

CEO Applauds Supreme Court Grant of Affirmative Action Cases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Devon WesthillMonday, January 24, 2022(904) 683-6060 (Falls Church, VA) Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the consolidated cases of Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC as the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) urged in the amicus briefs it joined in each case. This means that for the first time in years the Court will review the legality of race preferences in college admissions. CEO Chairman Linda Chavez said today: “These cases give lie to the notion that racial preferences hurt no one and redound only to the benefit …

HUD and the Disparate Impact Rule

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From The Federalist Society On June 25, 2021, President Biden’s newly appointed Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge proposed to rescind a Secretary Carson-era disparate impact rule designed to implement the Fair Housing Act.  In its place, HUD would reinstate the 2013 Discriminatory Effect Standard because the 2013 rule “better states Fair Housing Act jurisprudence and is more consistent with the Fair Housing Act’s remedial purposes.”  By the time notice and comment ended on August 24, 2021, over ten thousand public comments had been submitted.   Critics of Secretary Fudge’s proposed rule, including Ranking Member Senator Pat Toomey, argue that the change not only flouts the Supreme Court’s decision in Texas …

Biden Administration Opens Investigation Into Texas’ Mask Mandate Ban In Schools

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The Biden Administration has launched an investigation into Texas’ school mask mandate ban but does giving parents the right to choose what’s best for their child go against federal law? Lars speaks with Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity, and Federalist Society Legal Expert. Listen Here Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT CEO’s Hot Summer Canceled at the EEOC (again) CEO Welcomes Devon Westhill as New President and General Counsel

American Bar Association Ready To Mandate ‘Diversity Training’ – Will All Lawyers Need To Be ‘Woke’?

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Devon Westhill of the Center For Equal Opportunity discusses the ABA’s move considering requiring ‘diversity training’ – will this mean all future lawyers will need to be “woke”? Related posts: Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT When Academic Achievement Means ‘Acting White’ Roger Clegg testifies regarding H.R. 40

CEO Warns Colleges on Title IX Sexual Misconduct Proceedings

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(Falls Church, VA) The Center for Equal Opportunity has launched a campaign to caution American colleges and universities against developing improper campus sexual misconduct regimes. The communication offers a number of best practices that schools should implement to align with judicial decisions that have been released affirming due process elements of the 2020 U.S. Department of Education Title IX regulation. These best practices relate to procedural due process, impartiality and bias, burdens of proof, standards of evidence, and the right to representation, live hearings, and final reports. In the initial round of mailings, CEO has contacted one school in each …

Linda Chavez moderates panel on Critical Race Theory

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From the The Federal Society’s Regulatory and Transparency Project: A new panel discussion on Critical Race Theory. Linda Chavez, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity moderates the program and is joined by Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars and author of 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project, and John Agresto, former President of St. John’s College in Santa Fe. Related posts: The Nitty Gritty of Diversity Meaningful Numbers Achieving, or Not, Critical Mass When Academic Achievement Means ‘Acting White’

What’s the EEOC So Afraid Of?

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NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, chats with Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel at Center for Equal Opportunity. Mr. Westhill was recently invited to testify before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the topic of “Civil Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” As the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Mr. Westhill was eminently qualified to speak on the most important civil rights issue facing the EEOC: discrimination by employers on the basis of race or sex. Mr. Westhill sent a courtesy copy of …