Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Pertaining to Communications Between Sasha Pudelski and the U.S. Department of Education
Department of Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Apr 21, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: New Report Warns of Rising Dangerous and Violent “Intersectional” Ideology
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title VI and Equal Protection
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REPORT: Intersectionality: The Rise of a Dangerous Anti-American Ideology and How to Stop it
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Apr 20, 2026
Department of Education Finds Title IX and FERPA Violations Following DFI Complaints
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Apr 19, 2026
National Review | Op-Ed: The Bonfire of the Title IX Agreements
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Mar 17, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Finds Teacher Union–Affiliated Graduate Student Unions Promote Radical Activism, Antisemitism
Antisemitism, Civil and Constitutional Rights, Teacher Unions, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Mar 16, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Ninth Circuit to Reject School Policies That Hide Gender Transitions from Parents
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Parents' Rights
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AMICUS BRIEF: Regino v. Blake
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Parents' Rights
News Mar 12, 2026
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” It’s Time to be Honest about IDEA
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Mar 11, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Supreme Court to Protect Public Employees’ Free Speech Rights
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Free Speech
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AMICUS BRIEF: Hedgepeth v. Britton
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Free Speech
News Mar 4, 2026
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Concerned Parents and Students in New Richmond, Wisconsin Receive National Attention
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Feb 23, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute and Southeastern Legal Foundation File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Kansas School District for Policies That Violate Title IX and Student Free Speech
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Free Speech, Title VI and Equal Protection
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SUPPLEMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Supplemental Materials Supporting DFI’S Complaint Related to “Gender Identity” Policies and Practices of Shawnee Mission Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Feb 11, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Maryland State Department of Education and Several Maryland School Districts for Title IX and FERPA Violations
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Parents' Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Title IX and FERPA Complaints Against Maryland State Department of Education, Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools, and Frederick County Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Federal Oversight, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Feb 10, 2026
BLOG: DFI Senior Litigation Counsel Don Daugherty Testifies Before Congress on Mahmoud v. Taylor
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Religious Liberty
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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: DFI’s Don Daugherty Testifies Before House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Mahmoud v. Taylor
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Religious Liberty
News Jan 22, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Amicus Brief Supporting U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Funding Cuts to New York City Schools Violating Title IX
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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AMICUS BRIEF: The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. U.S. Department of Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Jan 21, 2026
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Melissa Batie Smoose and Vernadette Broyles on Courage, Consequences, & the Future of Title IX
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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LEGAL ANALYSIS: Structure Over Spectacle-The Supreme Court’s 2024 Term
Civil and Constitutional Rights
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AMICUS BRIEF: St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Religious Liberty
News Dec 17, 2025
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Darla Romfo on Putting Kids First, Building a Scholarship Granting Network, & Engaging in Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Rulemaking
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, K-12 Education

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