In this op-ed for Washington Examiner, SLF Director of Legal Initiatives Cece O’Leary reflects on the Trump Administration’s recent efforts to shore up protections for college students.
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Just the News: Obama briefing memos, sensitive foreign conversations forwarded to Biden private email, memos show
(March 12, 2025): Just the News reports on the latest in Southeastern Legal Foundation's (SLF's) FOIA lawsuit to uncover the truth behind then-Vice President Biden's private pseudonymous emails. SLF submitted a FOIA request to the National Archives and Records...
Tampa Free Press: Trump Admin urged to act on pending civil rights complaint against Illinois school district
Tampa Free Press covers SLF’s calls for the Trump Department of Education to intervene in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 to stop unconstitutional and unlawful civil rights violations.
Education Week: What Trump’s trans athlete ban means for schools and states
Education Week reports on President Trump’s executive order saving women’s sports by preventing biological men from competing on women’s sports teams and accessing their locker rooms.
Is DEI on its way out? SLF joins Federalist Society discussion
Southeastern Legal Foundation participates in a discussion about whether DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives are on their way out after years of being prioritized in schools, government programs, businesses, and more.
SLF’s Kimberly Hermann attends President Trump’s executive order signing
SLF Executive Director Kimberly Hermann joins One America News to describe her experience at the White House when President Trump signed an executive order saving Title IX and protecting women’s sports.
Center Square: Trump Dept of Ed affirms 2020 Title IX rules, rejects Biden expansion
The Center Square covers the latest on the Trump Administration’s decision not to enforce Biden’s Title IX rules, which aimed to undo decades of protections for women and men in colleges and K-12 schools.
Mondaq: Biden’s 2024 Title IX regulations take a blow – federal district court rejects re-definition of “sex” under Title IX
Mondaq reports on a Kentucky federal court’s ruling striking down Biden’s Title IX re-write as unconstitutional.
Courthouse News Service: Missouri educators challenge district’s anti-racism requirements before entire Eighth Circuit
Courthouse News covers the latest in Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF’s) Henderson v. Springfield Public Schools lawsuit on behalf of two educators challenging the district’s mandatory anti-racism training as a violation of their First Amendment rights.
New York Times: Judge rejects Biden’s Title IX rules, scrapping protections for trans students
The New York Times covers the landmark ruling by a Kentucky federal court vacating the Biden Administration’s Title IX re-write, effectively striking down the rule as unconstitutional.
Washington Examiner: How Trump can undo Biden’s Title IX rules that expanded gender definition in schools
Washington Examiner reports on possible steps the Trump Administration will take to unwind the Biden Administration’s unlawful Title IX re-write.
Just the News: Biden advisors used insecure pseudonymous email accounts to brief him on sensitive foreign policy
Just the News reports on the latest email records obtained by Southeastern Legal Foundation showing that then-Vice President Biden received foreign policy briefings on a private email account.