Cases

In 2020, the Albany Public Library created a paid summer internship at two of the library’s branches that was available only to black graduates of the library school program at the State University of New York at Albany.  While this summer’s library fellowship program is available...Read More

LIF filed an administrative complaint charging Providence Public School District with civil rights violations for a racially discriminatory program. Specifically, LIF has challenged a racially discriminatory loan forgiveness program that PPSD devised, which program is open only to newly- and recently-hired non-white teachers. The case was filed with the U.S....Read More

A lawyer sued the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to enjoin newly adopted rule 8.4(g) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct (based on a Model Rule of the American Bar Association). Rule 8.4(g) allows a lawyer to be sanctioned for supposedly discriminatory or harassing conduct. A...Read More

Legal Insurrection Foundation sued Barrington Public Schools in Bristol County, Rhode Island, after the school district stonewalled LIF’s public records request. The matter was resolved after the school district produced the requested records. ...Read More

A nonprofit representing Asian-American students sued Harvard for discriminating against Asians in admissions decisions. A similar suit was filed against the University of North Carolina, a public university. The cases have exposed the dirty little secret of higher-education admissions: achieving a desired “diverse” racial mix means discriminating against Asian applicants....Read More

Judicial Watch and Legal Insurrection Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of a North Carolina citizens group challenging a racially discriminatory government scholarship fund. Plaintiff’s members include high school students who are ineligible for a City of Asheville-funded scholarship because they are not Black. The case settled in January 2023,...Read More