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The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

The University of North Carolina was once a bastion of segregation

The Independent UK

Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court. Here's what to know

The court will hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

WEKU

Justice Barrett and Affirmative Action

In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Justice O'Connor wrote, "We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." I never took this sentence--or really anything Justice O'Connor wrote--very seriously. And even if she was serious about that point, no one who joined her…

Reason

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Re-reading Justice Thurgood Marshall's Opinion in Bakke

In 1978, the Supreme Court issued its first significant affirmative action judgment in Bakke. The Court split 4-4-1. Four Justices argued that the 1964 Civil Rights Act barred the use of race in university admissions. Four justices contended that neither the Act nor the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited the use of…

Reason

Commentary: I’m an Asian American Harvard grad. Affirmative action helped me

The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in two cases at the end of the month and could decide the fate of affirmative action in higher education. In 2018, I testified before a federal judge in one of those cases, Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard, attesting to the importance…

Los Angeles Times

Reminder: Sign Up For Virtual Supreme Court By November 1 For Mentoring Session

Teams of two HS students will write a brief and present oral arguments on Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

Reason

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court will end the era of college diversity

At the end of this month, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments in two closely watched cases on affirmative action in higher education. They’re widely expected to overturn the 1978 case that allowed racial diversity to become an organizing principle for college admissions. Like Roe v. Wade,…

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On the Originalist Case that Racial Preferences by Government are Constitutional

The case falls short on several grounds.

Reason

On Affirmative Action, Clarence Thomas Took a Page From Malcolm X

Understanding the jurisprudence of the conservative Supreme Court justice

Reason

Affirmative action bans make selective colleges less diverse – a national ban will do the same

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in two lawsuits on Oct. 31, 2022, brought by a group that opposes affirmative action in college admissions. Here, Natasha Warikoo, a sociology professor at Tufts University and author of the newly released “Is Affirmative Action Fair?: The Myth of Equity in…

The Conversation

The 11th Annual Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court

Teams of two HS students will write a brief and present oral arguments on Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

Reason

The Supreme Court will begin a new term with more contentious cases on its docket

The fate of affirmative action programs in college admissions, redistricting and elections are in the hands of the justices as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term.

WEKU

US supreme court to decide cases with ‘monumental’ impact on democracy

Many fear the potential for extreme rightwing rulings on topics ranging from affirmative action to voting rights

The Guardian - US

The Supreme Court is back in session, with new controversial cases that stand to change many Americans' lives – here's what to expect

Following a dramatic year of controversial rulings, the Supreme Court began hearing new cases on Oct. 3, 2022, with a full agenda.

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Joined by first Black woman on Supreme Court, justices to tackle affirmative action, voting rights

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opens a historic term Monday by welcoming its first Black woman to the bench as it faces challenges to past liberal rulings on race, affirmative action and voting rights.

Axios

California, Michigan universities argue they need affirmative action

The Supreme Court is set to consider the future of affirmative action later this fall.

The Independent UK

Minneapolis teacher contract race language ignites firestorm

When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike earlier this year, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from traditional seniority-based layoffs

The Independent UK

Lindsey Graham argues gay marriage rights should be left up to states

The left has feared conservative SCOTUS will target gay marriage, affirmative action, and even interracial marriage in the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned

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Google, Apple back affirmative action in Harvard case

Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Apple Inc. are among nearly 70 companies filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of affirmative action programs being challenged at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

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Harvard urges Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college admissions

Harvard urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college admissions, calling it necessary to ensure a diverse student body.

Reason

Whites from Africa Claiming African-American Status

One hears many anecdotes about white Africans claiming African-American status to benefit from affirmative action; does it ever actually happen?

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The Supreme Court gets an F in history for its rationales in abortion, gun rulings

It happens at least once a semester. My students and I will be discussing a contested political issue — say, affirmative action or capital punishment — and someone will ask, “Professor, what does history say about it?”

Reason

What are Georgetown Professors Forbidden to Say?

Under the reasoning of the Georgetown University Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action (IDEAA) report in the Ilya Shapiro matter, a wide range of public speech criticizing religions, political parties, veterans, etc. could be "prohibit[ed] harassment."

The Hindu

Conscious attempt to halt democratisation of education: Manoj Jha on NEP

Mr. Jha alleged that there has been no mention of social justice and affirmative action in the document

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why affirmative action bans hurt health equity

In 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges published a startling statistic: Fewer Black men matriculated at medical school in 2014 (515) than in 1978 (542). These 515 Black men represented just 2.5% of all medical school matriculants in 2014.

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