One week ago today, attorneys for Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) laid out their cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina before the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices … Continue reading “What the Justices Heard and Said”
On August 1st, Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina submitted an amicus brief siding with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in its attempt to use race as a factor … Continue reading “Gov. Cooper’s Race-Preferences Brief is Inherently Discriminatory”
To what extent can a selective educational institution advantage certain racial groups in admissions decisions without discriminating against other groups simultaneously? How can said institutions balance external demands for fairness … Continue reading “Self-Identified “Compelling Interests” are Not a License to Discriminate”
In 2014, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed suit against the University of North Carolina. Its complaint argued that the university had engaged in intentional discrimination on the basis of … Continue reading “Judge Rules for UNC in Admissions Case”
In 2016, the University of Texas won the case over its use of racial preferences (Fisher v. Texas), but the Supreme Court did not rule that all racial preference plans … Continue reading “The Latest Affirmative Action Suit May Succeed Where Others Failed”