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Confirm Kenneth Marcus to the Department of Education

By Jackson Richman
Published April 24, 2018 9:48pm ET
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Confirm Kenneth Marcus to the Department of Education
Kenneth Marcus, nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Marcus told the Senate panel that he supports the administration's effort to overhaul laws governing campus sexual assault. Last month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued new guidelines that could make it harder to meet the threshold for investigating campus sexual assault. | (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

For months, Kenneth Marcus’ nomination to lead the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has been stalled amid staunch Democratic opposition.

The head of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Marcus is a staunch advocate of free speech and civil rights for all, which includes Jewish students, who face vitriolic hatred on college campuses nationwide. The organization fights anti-Semitism in higher education.

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