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Meet The Lawyer Helping The Education Dept. Fight For Parental Rights

Trakas has an ability to skillfully navigate Title IX funding and education law and successfully litigate in hostile courts.

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For decades, the Education Department has perpetrated massive wrongs within the education system, while costing trillions of dollars. The strategic appointment of Ernie Trakas as the department’s senior civil rights lawyer could help roll back some of the damage before the department is dismantled entirely.

In early September, Trakas was appointed senior counsel in the Office for Civil Rights at the department, under assistant secretary Kimberly M. Richey. The position is powerful, supporting the enforcement of federal civil rights laws in education and initiating sanctions against non-compliant institutions that receive millions of dollars in annual federal funding. As senior counsel, Trakas will advise leadership and guide policy decision-making.

Trakas has spent decades successfully litigating for parental rights and protections for children as an attorney for Child and Parental Rights Campaign, a public-interest law firm that focuses on protecting children from transgender policies.

In Blair v. Appomattox County School Board, Trakas provided legal support in a lawsuit brought by the adoptive mother of Sage Blair. The lawsuit alleges Blair was physically and sexually assaulted on school property after school counselors encouraged her use of the male restroom if she identified as a boy. The school failed to inform her guardian. These circumstances allegedly led Blair to run away, falling prey to sex traffickers. The stunning Title IX claim was remanded to a lower court, but received national attention for highlighting the dangers of queer ideology and sparked efforts to prevent similar future atrocities through legislation called “Sage’s Law.” The Federalist was the first national outlet to report on the saga and resulting lawsuit.

In Landerer v. Dover Area School District, Trakas won a settlement for a........

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