"affirmative action was never about the educational benefits from diversity"...
“A loss for our University, a loss for progress, and a loss for our nation resound in the aftermath of this decision.”...
My appearance on the Top Story Podcast on JNS with Jonathan Tobin: "Many of the mainstream, so-called Jewish organizations, particularly like ADL, that grew up fighting anti-Semitism, have now sold themselves out to the progressive movement."...
"They're asking for a lot. They're asking for what would obviously bankrupt the state”...
Our Op-Ed at Fox News Digital: "You probably think the Supreme Court just ended racial discrimination in university admissions, euphemistically called affirmative action, and a new day of equal treatment without regard to race or skin color has dawned. You are mostly wrong."...
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....
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