The West Wing

Title IX

Description

Title IX stands as a policy area on the White House staff's agenda. C.J. asks Josh to weigh in during a bullpen meeting where the team debates tax-deductible college tuition and navigates competing priorities like legal setbacks and campaign events. Staff position it for review alongside education affordability ideas, channeling federal policy demands through advisers' quick deliberations and strategic input.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

1 events
S4E3 · College Kids
Reluctant Rallies and a Tuition Pitch

Title IX functions as a competing policy touchstone mentioned by C.J. — its invocation presses Josh to balance education equity messaging alongside his tuition proposal, demonstrating multiple policy vectors the campaign must manage simultaneously.

Active Representation

Via C.J.'s request that Josh weigh in on Ritchie and Title IX during the bullpen exchange.

Power Dynamics

Represents an established policy/legal framework that constrains and colors campaign rhetoric on education and gender equity.

Institutional Impact

Its presence forces the campaign to be layered in its education messaging, ensuring that tuition proposals don't undercut established equity protections.

Internal Dynamics

Requires coordination between policy, communications, and legal teams to align messaging

Organizational Goals
Protect legal protections for gender equity in education Ensure policy positions on Title IX are defensible and clear
Influence Mechanisms
Legal precedent and regulatory interpretation Symbolic leverage in framing education policy

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

2 events
S4E3
Spin and Sorrow: Crafting the KSU Response on Air Force One

Aboard Air Force One, C.J. holds a brisk press briefing about the KSU pipe-bombing while the senior staff triage the political fallout. Bruno, Sam and …

S4E3
Sullivan Ruling: Legal Shock, Political Manoeuvre

A District Court decision striking down the Commission on Presidential Debates' 15% rule jolts the Roosevelt Room into emergency mode. C.J. reads the scathing opinion; …