The article presents a reprint of the article "The Future of Race: The Michigan ruling may enliven the debate over affirmative action" which appeared in the June 2014 issue of the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal. It discusses the U.S Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling in case Schuette v...
By a vote of six to two (with Justice Elena Kagan not taking part), 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 ne...
Affirmative Action supporters and and counter protestors shout at each outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C. In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court Justices ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University ...
the justices to take up a case challenging the state’s age-based restrictions on mail-in voting.Individuals are only eligible to vote by mail without a qualifying excuse if they are 65 yrs or older on Election Day. Voters argued that the law violates the 26th Amendment https://...
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has said he would vote for Clinton in the November election but has yet to formally suspend his presidential campaign, also applauded the ruling. Texas Abortion Limits Struck Down by Supreme Court Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling on Affirmative Action ...
Question: You suggest that, consistent with its rulings inBrownandLoving, the Warren Court would have sustained affirmative-action programs in order to help rectify the grave and lasting wrongs of slavery. You write: “Racial classifications do not present a critical constitutional problem unless...
Kennedy sided with the court's conservatives to rule that the government cannot limit corporate spending in elections under the First Amendment. The ruling, which both conservative and liberal groups have taken advantage of in election cycles since, has certainly made a lasting ...
We now understand how post-affirmative action could affect the integrity of university leaders. We now know more about (1) leaders' perspectives post-SCOTUS ruling, (2) leaders' influences on the educational culture, and (3) the effects that leaders' integrity could have afte...
AFFIRMATIVE action programsMEDICAL schoolsAPPELLATE courtsThis Medical News feature examines the potential impact of the US Supreme Court's affirmative action decision on medical schools and health care.doi:10.1001/jama.2023.13603Rubin, RitaJAMA: Journal of the American Medical Associa...
In Boumediene, the Supreme Court was able to resolve the Suspension Clause issue without ruling on the appropriate definition of enemy combatant, and that issue has not been fully briefed here, either. Hence, this Court will not, at this time, resolve the issue. But accepting respondents' ...