America First Legal Newsletter – January 17, 2026

We’re forging ahead with impactful work to uphold America First principles. This week’s efforts highlight our dedication — here’s what America First Legal has been up to:

• Defeated Loudoun County Public School’s (LCPS) attempt to toss our lawsuit, permitting the case to proceed against LCPS for punishing boys who objected to a girl in the boys’ locker room.

• Uncovered new documents exposing radical gender indoctrination and compelled speech at  Washington University in St. Louis.

• Petitioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to repeal a rule that requires consumers to provide race and sex information when applying for mortgages.

• Launched an investigation into Minnesota’s reckless voter “vouching” system that allows registration without ID, undermining election integrity.

THIS WEEK’S KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Federal Court REJECTS Loudoun County Public Schools’ Attempt to Dismiss America First Legal’s Lawsuit

A federal judge in Virginia denied Loudoun County Public Schools’ attempt to dismiss AFL’s lawsuit challenging the district’s punishment of two boys who objected to a girl in the boys’ locker room. In rejecting the LCPS’s efforts, the court allowed the case to move forward on nine claims — including violations of free speech, religious liberty, protections against sex and religious discrimination, and Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.

AFL will continue to defend the rights of students targeted for exercising their constitutional and statutory rights.  Schools have no right to impose radical ideology at the expense of student privacy and safety.

AFL President Gene Hamilton on the Supreme Court and Protecting Women’s Sports

AFL President Gene Hamilton joined the Evening Edit on Fox Business to discuss a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court with major implications for Title IX enforcement and the protection of women’s sports.

Watch the full interview here.

America First Legal Uncovers New Documents Exposing Radical Gender Indoctrination and Compelled Speech at Washington University

AFL revealed new and explosive findings from our investigation into Washington University in St. Louis, exposing the university’s institutional training that redefines sex, compels speech, and forces students to comply with radical gender ideology. This includes documents showing WashU promotes “infinite pronouns” like ze/hir and teaches students to “sit in discomfort” instead of questioning imposed beliefs, replacing debate with indoctrination.

These findings illustrate the university’s attempted indoctrination, treating gender ideology as fact, teaching that gender overrides biological sex, and reframing female-only spaces as discriminatory. Rather than pursuing truth, WashU is pushing conformity and political grooming under the guise of higher education.

America First Legal Demands Transparency from Minnesota Secretary of State re: Election Day “Vouching” Practices

AFL has launched an investigation and filed public records requests with the Minnesota Secretary of State to examine the state’s lax “vouching” system used for same-day voter registration. Minnesota allows voters to vouch for others without a photo ID, and alarmingly permits a single residential facility employee to vouch for unlimited individuals with no proof of residency. 

These practices create serious vulnerabilities that undermine election integrity and invite abuse. Elections demand strict safeguards, not loopholes that can be easily exploited. AFL is committed to ensuring these safeguards, not loopholes, are in place, and our investigation into Minnesota’s system is just one example of our efforts to protect America’s elections.

America First Legal Files Petition for Rescission of Unlawful Regulation that Forces Mortgage Applicants to Disclose Race, Ethnicity, and Sex, and Pressures Lenders to Illegally Discriminate

AFL filed a petition for rulemaking with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to rescind Regulation C, a federal rule that forces mortgage applicants to disclose race, ethnicity, and sex and pressures lenders to make decisions based on those factors rather than on merit-based lending criteria. What began decades ago as a tool to address discrimination has become a vehicle for disparate-impact enforcement, race-conscious lending, and government surveillance of private financial decisions.

This rule invites unconstitutional race- and sex-based discrimination, conflicts with federal civil rights law, and undermines equal protection. The petition urges the federal government to repeal Regulation C’s demographic requirements to restore a neutral, colorblind, and credit-based mortgage lending system.

America First Legal’s 2025 Year in Review

Over the past year, AFL achieved critical victories on behalf of the American people — from defeating one of America’s most radical school districts to exposing illegal DEI in the nation’s largest corporations.

Every lawsuit, every complaint, and every investigation serves one mission: Fight. Defend. Save.

Watch our 2025 Year in Review here.

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL IN THE NEWS:

Associated Press: Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted

"America First Legal, co-founded by Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is leading one of the lawsuits, filed in Florida. It contests methods the bureau has used to protect participants’ privacy and to ensure that people in group-living facilities such as dorms and nursing homes will be counted."

Fox News: Conservative legal group targets CFPB rule mandating race, sex data in home loans

"America First Legal said in a petition, first reviewed by Fox News Digital, that the CFPB should encourage mortgage lenders to focus strictly on the creditworthiness of homebuyers. The CFPB’s Regulation C, which requires the lenders to track and report race and sex, is unconstitutional, the group argued."

Just the News: America First Legal asks CFPB to rescind rule requiring mortgage applicants to disclose race, sex

“America First Legal filed a formal petition Monday that urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to rescind a rule that forces mortgage applicants to reveal certain demographic information and then pushes lenders to make decisions based on it.”

USA Today: Trump says DEI, civil rights policies hurt White people. Do they?

“If a major corporation said in proxy statements to shareholders or in the HR section of their website ‘We are going to increase the White composition of our workforce by 15% this year,’ I think most folks would say, ‘Well, that’s kind of racist and that seems wrong,’ Gene Hamilton, vice president and general counsel of America First Legal, told USA TODAY in 2023.”

The Center Square: State schools superintendent praises ruling on gender change

“James Rogers, senior counsel at America First Legal, who represented the plaintiffs, said, ‘Arizona law puts parents, not school bureaucrats, in charge of their children’s upbringing, education, and mental health, and districts must answer when they cross that line.’”

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