Affirmative Action Tag

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Affirmative Action in Texas Public Medical Schools

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2023 14 Comments

Complaint: "Each of the defendant medical schools and universities, along with nearly every medical school and university in the United States, discriminates on account of race and sex when admitting students by giving discriminatory preferences to females and non-Asian minorities, and by discriminating against whites,...

Stanford University Admits Discriminating Against Jews in the Past

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 05, 2023 6 Comments

"evidence of actions taken to suppress the number of Jewish students admitted to Stanford during the early 1950s"...

Columbia University Prof Defends Affirmative Action, Bias Against Asian Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 04, 2022 44 Comments

"Teachers assume they are smart, hard-working, high-achieving and morally deserving, which can boost the grades of academically mediocre Asian American students."...

Like Elizabeth Warren? Checking American Indian Box Based On “Family Lore” Slammed At SCOTUS Affirmative Action Argument

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2022 95 Comments

During oral argument of affirmative action case, lawyer for UNC agrees with Justice Alito that "family lore" doesn't provide basis to claim American Indian status, in a pretty clear reference to Senator Elizabeth Warren....

Supreme Court Conservatives to Universities: “When Is The End Point” Of Race-Based Affirmative Action?

Posted by Johanna Markind on October 31, 2022 35 Comments

Supreme Court majority seems skeptical universities ever intend to stop considering race...

Affirmative Action: My Argument Against Racial Preferences Prevails at Cornell Political Union Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2022 40 Comments

On Monday, October 31, 2022, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in cases challenging racial preferences in university admissions at Harvard and UNC. Typically referred to as "Affirmative Action," the universities argue that they must take race into account in making admissions decisions in order to achieve the racially "diverse" student body they say advances their educational missions.

Louis K. Bonham: ‘Enforcing the Coming Affirmative Action Bans: A Modest Proposal’

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2022 3 Comments

"most seasoned court watchers and constitutional law scholars agree that it is highly likely that SCOTUS is going to overrule Grutter, Fisher II, and perhaps even Bakke"...

Harvard Students Given $2,700 for Travel to Pro-Affirmative Action Rally at SCOTUS

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 26, 2022 4 Comments

"The group expects 90 students to attend the protests at the Supreme Court where attorneys representing the Ivy League school will argue in support of racial quotas in admissions"...

Affirmative Action On The Docket At Cornell Debate As I Argue Against Racial Preferences (October 25)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2022 33 Comments

On October 25, I will debate at the non-partisan Cornell Political Union, one week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the university affirmative action cases, in favor of the proposition: "Resolved: Stop discriminating on the basis of race." ...

SCOTUS Affirmative Action Reply Briefs: Harvard and UNC Make Arguments Similar To Segregationists

Posted by Johanna Markind on August 26, 2022 34 Comments

Group challenging discrimination against Asian students files Reply Briefs in Harvard and UNC cases: "Harvard uses race as a proxy for character, equates race with winning a national award, micromanages tight racial ranges, never considered race neutrality, makes no plans to stop using race...

Higher Ed Establishment v. Asian Students at SCOTUS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2022 43 Comments

Our column in The NY Post about amicus briefs filed against the Asian students in the Harvard/UNC Supreme Court discrimination cases: "The educational establishment’s uniformity and vigor in supporting racial preferences is staggering."...

Harvard SCOTUS Case: American Bar Association Supports “Race-Conscious Admissions Policies”

Posted by Johanna Markind on August 02, 2022 28 Comments

ABA Amicus Brief: "The Court should not ban race-conscious admissions policies...

SCOTUS Splits Up Affirmative Action Cases So KBJ Can Participate On UNC, After She Recused From Harvard Case

Posted by Johanna Markind on July 26, 2022 44 Comments

The decoupling will allow Jackson, who’s on Harvard’s Board of Overseers, to participate in the University of North Carolina case while still recusing herself from the Harvard case....

Our SCOTUS Brief: “The Grand Judicial Experiment of Excusing Racial Discrimination in University Admissions … Has Failed”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2022 35 Comments

Legal Insurrection Foundation Files Supreme Court Brief In Support Of Asian Students Challenging Race-Based Affirmative Action...

John McWhorter: End Race-Based Affirmative Action

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2022 2 Comments

"has been controversial since it was instituted in the 1960s"...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 24, 2022 35 Comments

The cases put affirmative action, that is, discrimination in order to achieve racial diversity, squarely on the table for reconsideration....

Harvard Dropping SAT Requirement for Several More Years Enables More Anti-Asian Discrimination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2021 29 Comments

Melissa Chen: "In light of the lawsuits, this seems convenient for Harvard. Now they can freely discriminate to achieve desired racial quotas without worrying about any data on file that would make such discrimination obvious to the casual onlooker."...

Federal Court Rules UNC May Use Race in Admissions

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 25, 2021 8 Comments

“has engaged in ongoing, serious, good faith considerations of workable race neutral alternatives in an effort to find options to its race conscious process in admissions.”...

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