What Does Title Nine Mean?

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Title nine says schools that discriminate on the basis of sex can't receive federal funding. The law has been interpreted in a much broader way than it was originally intended to be used for, author says. "There are lots of things that can be said in the class room about gender or about sex sexuality that are not discriminatory," she writes.

Jeannie Suk Gersen is the John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a contributing writer at The New Yorker. She writes widely about the law and its impact on society.

In this week’s conversation, Jeannie Suk Gersen and Yascha Mounk discuss the value of robust debate in law school classrooms, the perils of eroding due process in the name of progress, and the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.

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