civil rights cases

The article proposes evaluating the importance of U.S. Supreme Court cases by analyzing the number of amicus curiae briefs filed and refining this metric by considering the citation history of filers in past court opinions. It critiques the bias of raw brief counts toward civil rights cases and suggests weighting filers' reputations based on how often the court has cited them previously.

The Justice Department is investigating the U.S. Department of Education's civil rights cases. Former Office for Civil Rights staff members express concern that the Justice Department's approach might leave some students behind, while Trump officials argue this will not occur.