Democrats Pushing For SCOTUS Term Limits After They Don’t Get Their Way
They are the biggest babies....
They are the biggest babies....
Despite attempts to cast racial preferences as merely a helping hand to minority applicants, those preferences ultimately mean that a proportional amount of non-minority individuals will be rejected based, in part, on their race....
"As we analyze the decisions, I want to underscore that Brown is and will remain firmly committed to advancing the diversity that is central to achieving the highest standards of academic excellence"...
The colleges and universities that have been the most aggressive and belligerent in defending illegal race-based affirmative action are finding their most cherished and lucrative admissions practices challenged: Legacy and Donor preferences....
My position since long before the recent SCOTUS Affirmative Action decision: "I am against legacy admissions preferences regardless of whether they have a racial impact on admissions, because they contribute to a cronyism that shifts the focus from the individual’s merits to the school’s interest...
"As a reminder, BU also offers a number of wellness resources that are willing and able to help students navigate these times."...
"Today's Supreme Court decision is a direct attack on Black people. No Black person will be able to succeed in a merit-based system which is exactly why affirmative-action based programs were needed. Today's decision is a TRAVESTY!!!"...
Statement by Dean of Berkeley Law School shows how affirmative action continues but has gone underground in states like California where it is banned, a phenomenon we will see nationally after the Supreme Court's Harvard/UNC decision....
"The framers designed the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to protect the 'freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think.'"...
Roberts for 6–3 majority: "The text of the HEROES Act does not authorize the Secretary’s loan forgiveness program. The Secretary’s power under the Act to 'modify' does not permit 'basic and fundamental changes in the scheme' designed by Congress."...
Professor Glenn Reynolds on the Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling....
"JUSTICE JACKSON’s race-infused world view falls flat at each step...
Today's decision was a major achievement, don't get me wrong. But the battle is just getting started to enforce this victory for equal protection....
The NYT: "The major ruling curtails race-conscious college admissions in the U.S., all but ensuring that elite institutions become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino."...
Chief Justice Roberts for the 6-3 majority: "The race-based admissions systems that respondents employ also fail to comply with the twin commands of the Equal Protection Clause that race may never be used as a “negative” and that it may not operate as a stereotype"...
The Court gave the First Amendment some 'breathing room' to protect against encroachment by prosecutions for 'true threats.'...
Majority Opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts: "The Elections Clause does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review." Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito dissented....
Eight justices agreed Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to sue for non-enforcement of immigration laws but disagreed on why. Justice Alito believed the states had standing to sue....
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