The issue focused on legislative procedural procedural provisions related to lawsuits challenging administrative regulations promulgated under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (ERA), which mandates equality in educational institutions receiving federal funds. Specifically, lawsuits alleging Title IX violations filed against universities seeking funds under Title IX allege that colleges have discriminated against males by improperly assigning females to remedial courses over males who requested remedial instruction and thereby discriminated against females when awarding remedial instruction in preference to males. Plaintiffs allege that colleges improperly discriminated against females because colleges incorrectly allocated