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Use of race in school admissions argued in Supreme Court
Lawyer for Seattle parents, Harry J. F. Korrell, argues against the school district’s “open choice” policy aimed at overcoming the effects of the city’s segregated housing patterns on it’s high...
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RIP John Payton
One of the nation’s greatest civil rights attorneys NAACP Legal Defense Fund president John Payton passed away yesterday. He is shown here arguing before the Supreme Court in Gratz v. Bollinger, April...
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Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action
Nine years after deciding that race, though not quotas, could be considered in college admissions a new, somewhat more conservative Supreme Court is reconsidering affirmative action. The case against...
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Fisher Fails to Finish ‘Firmative Action
Purchase Print or Download Purchase Print or Download Purchase Print or Download Purchase Print or Download On the first day of what promises to be a steamy week in Washington, at least outside the...
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Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban
Purchase Print or Download Purchase Print or Download The Supreme Court this afternoon heard arguments on Michigan’s “Proposal 2”, a voter-approved law that forbids the use of race in college...
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Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
On my way to the Supreme Court yesterday morning I read a Tweet that said it was unlikely the Court would announce any major opinion today since two big cases were scheduled for argument. Well, so much...
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The Court Revisits Affirmative Action On Campus
Purchase Print The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments for the second time in the case of Abigail Fisher, a white student who claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of a...
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