Issues

Whether universities and employers should consider race in admissions and hiring decisions — sharply restricted by Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023).

Procedural protections — notice, evidence access, cross-examination, neutral decision-makers — for students accused of misconduct in university Title IX and student-conduct proceedings.

Enforcement of the ADA and related laws, employment protections, accessible housing and transit, education for students with disabilities, and home- and community-based services.

Whether and how universities, employers, and government agencies should implement DEI programs — debated as anti-discrimination tools vs. ideological / discriminatory practices.

How public universities should balance First Amendment protections, anti-discrimination obligations, and academic freedom amid ideological-diversity and harassment debates.

How federal authorities — NSA, FBI, DHS — surveil U.S. persons under FISA Section 702, geofence warrants, third-party doctrine, and other authorities.

Federal and state laws that enhance penalties for crimes motivated by bias against protected characteristics — race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability.

The constitutional and statutory protections immigrants have during enforcement encounters, detention, and removal proceedings — and how they differ from citizen protections.

Whether juries should be told they have the power to acquit a defendant they believe technically violated a law, when they consider the law itself or its application unjust.

Federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, and other settings.

How First Amendment Free Exercise and Establishment Clause rights, plus statutory protections (RFRA, RLUIPA), apply to conflicts between religious practice and other legal obligations.

Whether the federal government or states should provide material redress to descendants of enslaved Americans and victims of subsequent racial discrimination.

How federal and state firearm regulation interacts with the Second Amendment after Heller (2008) and Bruen (2022) — debated through universal background checks, assault-weapons bans, red-flag laws, and concealed-carry rules.

Anti-discrimination protections, healthcare access (including for minors), identity-document policies, and other legal questions affecting transgender Americans.