Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the U.Va. President

The Jefferson Council had called for eliminating D.E.I., without much success. But a new lawyer with ties to the group took on the cause for the Trump administration.

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It’s About Power: The Supreme Court, the Judges and the President

Readers react to the Supreme Court decision on nationwide injunctions. Also: A resignation at the University of Virginia; remembering Dachau.

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What the University of Virginia Should Have Done

The university should have stood up to the Justice Department.

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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.

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University of Virginia President Under Pressure From Trump’s D.O.J. to Resign

The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.

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Who Is J. Harvie Wilkinson, the Judge Behind a Scathing Rebuke of Trump?

The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process.

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University of Virginia Suspends Tours Criticized for Emphasizing Ties to Slavery

A group of conservative alumni said the student-led tours were overly focused on the school’s history of using enslaved laborers.

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