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The administration's directive enraged conservatives who say federal civil rights protections pertains to a person's gender assigned at birth, not someone's changing gender identity.

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The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appfederal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appFederal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.

April 6 (Reuters)- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial recognition techniques threaten users» privacy.

Shannon Minter, a transgender man who is legal director of the San Francisco - based National Center for Lesbian Rights, said many transgender civil - rights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly uRights, said many transgender civil - rights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly urights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly undone.

The group, Nexus Derechos Humanos, a civil - rights firm based in Virginia and Georgia, said it would detail the federal lawsuit at a press conference Thursday in front of Broward's circuit court.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

«It is absurd to suggest that the City Comptroller should register a contract that is discriminatory and in violation of federal civil rights law,» Deputy Comptroller Valerie Budzik said in response.

«As the federal government attempts to roll back progress we have made, this administration will continue to stand up for the LGBTQ community and ensure the civil rights of all New Yorkers remain protected,» Cuomo said.

The new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, was endorsed by more than 35 civil rights organizations to ensure high standards and accountability for the progress of all students, the official said.

MANHATTAN — Federal prosecutors will have a difficult task indicting NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo on civil rights charges following the death of Eric Garner, legal experts say.

(WBEN) A federal lawsuit is coming from Carl Paladino saying that the groups that are trying to remove him from the Buffalo School Board conspired together against him — to deprive him of his civil rights.

ELMHURST — Federal prosecutors sued the city Department of Education Thursday on civil rights violations after they say it failed to stop a Queens principal from systematically harassing and demeaning the school's black teachers.

Federal prosecutors say a former Buffalo jail attendant has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.

In a statement, Bharara's office said there was «insufficient evidence to meet the high burden of proof required for a federal criminal civil rights prosecution.»

The family of a 12 - year - old Muslim middle school student has filed a $ 25 million federal lawsuit against the East Islip school district, claiming the seventh - grader's civil rights were violated when school officials forced him to sign a false confession saying he was a terrorist.

Bharara says the evidence did not establish the standard of criminal intent required for a federal criminal civil rights prosecution.

«This community has come a long way,» Crowley said of Woodside, and he called for the development of more «empathy» for transgender people as well as more civil rights protections «at the state and federal level.»

Jerika Richardson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, said the office would seek to «determine whether there were any violations of the federal criminal civil rights laws.»

In the meantime, Assemblyman Karim Camara, chair of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus, said the group sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder last month asking that the Department of Justice launch a full investigation into whether Graham's civil rights were violated and to determine whether a federal grand jury should be convened.

An expert on Freedom of Information Law is saying the City of Buffalo has more to gain in complying with a Freedom of Information Law request than a defendant has to lose in a federal civil rights case.

Federal prosecutors said last year that there was insufficient evidence to file civil rights charges against Haste.

The next day the Manhattan federal prosecutor Preet Bharara said his office would seek to «determine whether there were any violations of the federal criminal civil rights laws.»

«We are thrilled that the Ed School has selected us for the work that we have done over many decades — work that has included the creation of curriculum for classroom use, national surveys to document the extent of the problem, development of teaching training materials, and, when necessary, serving as expert witnesses in federal lawsuits when school districts have been reluctant to grant civil rights to their students,» Stein says.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released lastrights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released lastRights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released lastrights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

He was sharply critical of many Obama administration education policies, particularly its enforcement of civil rights laws, which he has said amounted to federal overreach.

«Choosing a public school means that my daughter would have to take two buses to a school that's not in her neighborhood,» says Newark parent Sharon Smith, whose parent engagement group PULSENJ recently joined a federal civil rights complaint over school closures.

Uncle Sam, meanwhile, would concentrate on quality data and civil rights enforcement — and federal dollars (to help educate disabled kids, say) would accompany state dollars to the schools that families select.

Recognizing that disparities in disciplinary rates may be caused by a range of factors, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice said in a joint letter that these differences can not be explained by more frequent or more serious behavior by students of color, but rather, «schools may be engaging in racial discrimination that violates the federal civil rights law.»

And she waffled on a federal civil rights law meant to protect students with disabilities; at one point she said it should be up to states whether to comply, and she later said that she had been «confused» about the law.

She said that states should be able to decide whether schools receiving public funds must follow the requirements of the law; challenged by Hassan to clarify her views, DeVos said she «may have confused» the fact that IDEA is a federal civil rights law.

When state officials moved forward anyway, Barnes says she filed a complaint this month with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, asking federal education officials to bar North Carolina's reforms.

Watch that exchange below: An aide to Murray subsequently said this amounted to a commitment that «all students in schools receiving federal funds should be protected under our nation's civil rights laws, including the full range of Title IX and IDEA.»

«The fact that she doesn't understand the basics about federal education law is just appalling,» says Denise Marshall, the executive director of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), a national organization that defends the legal and civil rights of students with disabilities.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a video presentation that the latest federal Civil Rights Data Collection project reported that one in five American high schools do not have a counselor.

«Racial discrimination in our nation's educational systems persists and both the Departments of Education and Justice are failing to protect the civil rights and educational future of our Black and brown students,» said Todd A. Cox, director of policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. «This administration must stop endangering students of color and instead ensure equal educational opportunities and foster educational excellence by upholding the federal school discipline guidance and promoting policies and programs that keep students safe.»

The groups say federal and state agencies discriminated on the basis of race and color because they failed to assess the disproportionate impacts of the proposed ACP on communities of color as required under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

U.S. Department of Justice special counsel Christine Stoneman, who works in the federal coordination and compliance section of the civil rights division, said that states had made strides over the past decade in meeting federally mandated requirements for language access in the courts.

Federal law allows the winning parties in civil - rights cases to be paid reasonable fees by the losing litigants, Sharp said.

(Reuters)- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial recognition techniques threaten users» privacy.

(Reuters)-- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial...

«The inequality among the states will become more visible and obvious when some people can claim federal benefits and others can not,» says Jennifer Pizer, director of the Law and Policy Project at Lambda Legal, a nonprofit organization working for the civil rights of lesbians and gays.

«We wouldn't rewrite the civil rights law because we have individuals at the helm we disagree with,» said Scott Astrada, director of federal advocacy for the Center for Responsible Lending.