Why Trump’s antisemitism crusade is causing ‘apoplexy’ for some conservative lawyers
At a Federalist Society conference, some legal experts said they supported Trump's goals but questioned his tactics
At a Federalist Society conference, some legal experts said they supported Trump's goals but questioned his tactics
(JTA) — The U.S. Education Department told Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to revise its federally funded Middle East Studies program because of an alleged pro-Islam bias. The assistant secretary for postsecondary education, Robert King, wrote in a letter to university officials last week that programs run by the…
The definition includes some criticism of Israel — “demonizing” it, applying double standards to it unlike other countries, or denying its right to exist.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kenneth Marcus, who founded a Jewish organization dedicated to fighting bias, won Senate approval for a top Education Department civil rights post without a single Democratic vote. On Thursday, the Senate voted 50-46 to support the Marcus nomination as assistant secretary for civil rights. A number of centrist and right-wing pro-Israel groups…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — If there’s overlap between Hillel and the National Council of Jewish Women, it’s in two areas: defending Israel and combating violence against women on campus. Leaders of the campus Jewish organization took a look at the record of Kenneth Marcus, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run civil rights at the Department of…
Kenneth Marcus, President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of civil rights in the Education Department, is a controversial character. The founder of the Louis B. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Marcus came to the attention of student activists last spring when he waded into a student discussion about whether to boycott Israel….
The Trump administration has nominated a Jewish advocate to hold the top civil rights position at the Department of Education. Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, was named Thursday as the nominee to be the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights. He will serve under Secretary…
A new, Washington DC-based organization will advocate for the rights of Jewish students under federal civil rights law. Led by Kenneth Marcus, the former staff director at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. will focus on research, advocacy, and education on anti-Semitism and the law, and will also litigate…
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