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Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Asian American Pacific Islander
Not Yet? Harvard Case Not Enough To End Affirmative Action.
Why is the Supreme Court balking on the Harvard affirmative action case? It’s a bad case if you want to get rid of affirmative action. At least ethically and logically. Racists can get rid of it for any reason they want. But we’re talking about the black robes of SCOTUS here.
June 14, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Do People Really Think Harvard Admissions Discriminates Against Asians?
Harvard’s admissions process is based on a holistic sense of the applicant, not just grades and test scores. It’s a lot like other schools’ methods where grades and test scores and race are just one factor. It’s a method that has stood up to court challenges for years.
April 12, 2021
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What Does the Education Department’s New Final Rule Mean For Religion and Free Speech in Higher Education?
The U.S. Department of Education issued its final rule on religious liberty and free inquiry last Wednesday, which details protections for faith-based institutions and religious student groups at public universities and seeks to bolster campus free speech. The rule reflects – and sometimes contradicts – a fraught, growing body of case law about religion and free speech in higher education.
September 16, 2020
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DACA Student Advocates Worry Amid New Restrictions to the Program
The Trump administration will reject new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, worrying DACA students and their advocates.
August 4, 2020
HBCUs
Higher Ed Faces Affirmative Action, Other Equity and Diversity Issues in Courts
As court battles wage over affirmative action, academics with legal expertise see other actual and potential points of litigation that could have a major impact on diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education.
July 17, 2019
Students
Sitting on Ready: Colleges Brace for Deportation Uptick
Undocumented students at U.S. colleges and universities have faced growing uncertainty in recent years – even those who have somewhat more security through their participation in the imperiled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – and things just got more tense with the Trump administration’s recent decision to step up enforcement of deportation orders.
June 30, 2019
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UNC Admissions Lawsuit Likely Headed to Supreme Court
The federal lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions practices at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – like a similar case involving Harvard in another federal courtroom – is likely to end up in the high court in a similarly prolonged legal battle, according to some observers.
January 22, 2019
Native Americans
Still Separate, Still Unequal: American Indians and Election 2018
To be sure, the legacy of conquest meant that American Indians and enslaved Africans were often forced to live in close proximity to each other. This proximity resulted in a number of blended families and children of mixed racial heritage who were discriminated against in distinct and overlapping ways based not on their self-identity, but on social identity.
October 20, 2018
News Roundup
Kavanaugh Confirmed, Sworn In and Dems Vow to Fight
Judge Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, bringing an end to one of the most contentious confirmation hearings in recent memory. Kavanaugh took his oath of office in a quiet private ceremony after the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him to the high court. Democrats are already promising to […]
October 7, 2018
Opinion
The Kavanaugh Lesson: Integrity over Influence
It’s a teachable moment if ever I saw one. During a public job interview for a lifetime position on the highest court in the land, Judge Brett Kavanaugh had to take an uncomfortable walk down memory lane to explain the drunken, misguided behavior of his youth.
October 2, 2018
News Roundup
Kavanaugh Not Returning to Harvard Law to Teach
Embattled U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh will not return to teach at Harvard Law School in January, according to an email administrators sent to law students Monday evening, reports the The Harvard Crimson school newspaper. “Today, Judge Kavanaugh indicated that he can no longer commit to teaching his course in January Term 2019, […]
October 2, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Is Higher Ed Responsible for Brett Kavanaugh?
We know Brett Kavanaugh was at the White House days before his hearing on the Dr. Christine Blasey Ford matter. He was prepping for senators’ questions like it was a final exam. And we all saw how he did. How would you grade him?
October 1, 2018
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