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Harvard Law profs challenge federal sex-assault ‘guidance’

CAMBRIDGE – A collection of prominent law school professors, including Harvard's Alan Dershowitz, shot back at President Barack Obama's Education Department over its practice of using "Dear Colleague" letters to lay down policy mandates that ride roughshod over Americans' constitutional rights. A letter from

Massachusetts

Transgender bathroom access fight triggers exit at ACLU

ATLANTA – The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Georgia chapter recently resigned over the legal advocacy organization's stance on transgender access issues, pointing to the "frightened" reaction of her two young daughters when they were in a women's restroom after

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‘Bathroom bill’ passes Massachusetts House as foes fail

BOSTON — After a virtual marathon of proposed amendments, moral platitudes and the occasional outburst from the gallery by supporters and opponents alike, the state House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ensure access to the public bathroom or changing room of choice for transgender people. Wednesday's

Maura Healey

Baker scrambles political calculus on House ‘bathroom bill’

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he would sign the version of the so-called bathroom bill pending in the state House of Representatives, citing the measure's directive calling on Attorney General Maura Healey to craft a series of protective regulations. But critics question Healey's

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Baker relents, says he’d sign the House bathroom bill

BOSTON – On the eve of a debate in the state House of Representatives on access to public facilities for transgender people, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he would sign a version of the so-called bathroom bill currently before lawmakers in the lower chamber. "No one should be discriminated

Cambridge

Harvard professors join chorus against club leadership ban

CAMBRIDGE – The drumbeat questioning the decision to punish Harvard College students who join single-sex social organizations is growing louder as a growing number of faculty and alumni and even a former university president have opposed the move. This week, 12 Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors fired off a denunciation

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Transgender directive prompts a dozen states to sue

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is leading a dozen states, including Maine, in suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their self-selected gender identity. The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West

Massachusetts

‘Bathroom bill’ foes ask House lawmakers to protect privacy

BOSTON – Opponents hit Beacon Hill Tuesday to rally against proposals that would mandate access to public bathrooms or changing rooms for individuals based on the gender of their choice, two weeks after the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a so-called bathroom bill and in anticipation of a vote as soon as