Archive - Jun 6, 2005

Headlines (5:08)
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a case that could have challenged the anti-discrimination federal Title IX law.  The National Wrestling Coaches Association said in order to comply with the law colleges and universities unfairly eliminated men’s sports programs so that women’s sport teams and athletes could be adequately funded.  By rejecting the case, the court essentially upheld a lower court’s decision that ruled lawsuits should name individual schools rather than the federal government.

The high court has also expanded the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Ellen Ratner reports from D.C.

We’ll have more on Supreme Court decisions coming up.