the Court cleared the way for voters elsewhere in the nation to opt to put an end to so-called “affirmative action” policies — as seven states now do. While the ruling focused on the use of race in selecting new students for public colleges, it presumably also would permit voters to ...
The Court will most likely rule in June of next year, before their term ends. The outcome remains unclear for now, but the case has stirred up all kinds of emotions and questions around affirmative action – which has been part of American policy to varying degrees since FDR’s presidency....
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And the way the wingnuts continue to call Sotomayor an“affirmative action” pickis downright hallucinatory. Get this bit of dialog betweenBill Bennett and Fred Barnes: BARNES: I think you can make the case that she’s one of those who has benefited from affirmative action over the ye...
black women for scotus, his nominee will always have an asterisk attached. fitting that the court takes up affirmative action next term.” then he charmingly followed that commentary up with a twitter poll asking ,“is joe biden racist and sexist for saying his supreme court nominee will ...
At 10:15 a.m., the Chief Justice turns to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who has the long-awaited opinion inFisher v. University of Texas at Austin. We don’t have a good view of Justice O’Connor’s face at this point as her legacy on affirmative action is on the table. ...
Here, of course, there is a very close historical precedent -- Boumediene itself, which compels this outcome. F. Whether Congress Has Provided An Adequate Substitute The remaining question in the Suspension Clause analysis is whether Congress has provided an adequate substitute for habeas. See ...
McCarthy noted that in Trump’s exchange with moderator Chris Wallace, Wallace asked if the President would denounce white supremacists, and Trump initially responded in the affirmative. “How many times does he have to say it? If the question is would you denounce it and the answer is yes...
McCarthy noted that in Trump’s exchange with moderator Chris Wallace, Wallace asked if the President would denounce white supremacists, and Trump initially responded in the affirmative. “How many times does he have to say it? If the question is would you denounce it and the answer is yes...
He has essentially stood idly by while the court has upended key aspects of American life — from abortion to affirmative action — and angered huge swaths of the country, likely contributing to the widespread national discontent that threatens his reelection.The conservatives also guttedone of Bide...