Guest Commentary: Supreme Court Signals that Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs to Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling
The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions…
Supreme Court Allows West Point Academy to Continue to Consider Race in Application Process
WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Supreme Court declined the emergency request by conservative group Students for Fair…
ACLU Warns Defendant Rights Under Fire in New Supreme Court Term
By Varun Noronha WASHINGTON, DC – The 2023-2024 Supreme Court term began last Monday, and this term…
Guest Commentary: Moving Beyond the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings
The work to ensure educational opportunities for people of color continues, despite the court’s decision. By Sarah…
Business leaders Sign Amicus Supporting Affirmative Action
Excerpts from the full amici… INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici are business stakeholders in the American and…
Commentary: How Much Will the Affirmative Action Ruling Change Things?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When Prop. 209 passed in 1996 ending affirmative action in California,…
UC Leaders, May and Drake, Condemn Ending Affirmative Action
UC President Drake Expresses Disappointment By Michael V. Drake, M.D We are disappointed in the U.S. Supreme…
National Education Association Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions Decisions
By Tommy Nguyen WASHINGTON, DC – Early this week, the U.S, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in…
SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court
By Naya Wiezel WASHINGTON – Two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies, or “affirmative action,” will be heard…
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admissions…
Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions
By Dylan Ferguson and Anika Khubchandani SACRAMENTO – Propositions 17, 20, and 25 on the ballot Tuesday…
California State Senate Votes to Put a Measure on the Ballot That Would Restore CA Affirmative Action
By Mella Bettag SACRAMENTO – The California Senate followed calls for racial justice Wednesday, and passed a…
After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee
Cop Reform Lawmaker Claims Consumer and People of Color/Women Committee Wins VANGUARD CAPITOL STAFF REPORTS SACRAMENTO –…
Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action
By Danielle Silva SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. (D – San Diego), and several organizations…
In Defense of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman In November 2014, Students for Fair Admissions, an organization founded and led by Edward…
What Impact Will Justice Scalia’s Comments Have on Affirmative Action?
The New York Times and other observers believe a Texas affirmative action plan “seemed to be in…
Analysis: Another View of Campus Protest and the Need for Safe Spaces
One of the more balanced accounts of the campus protest controversy comes from Cornell Law Professor Michael…
