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Affirmative Action
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Sheryll Cashin’s “Place Not Race”
ConLawProf Sheryll Cashin's new book, Place Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America is just out. In it, Cashin looks at the demise of affirmative action presaged by…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
Update from Day 2 of the SWARM Regional Conference
We’re midway through the second day of the SWARM ILG Regional Conference and it’s been a great day so far – with a number of top-notch speakers and a ton…
School Law
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Law Barring Use of Affirmative Action
By Alan Wolper
On April 22, 2014, the United States Supreme Court decided Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. The case centered on the issue of whether a state may, by a constitutional…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Wake-Up Call within the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decisions by Kimberly Robinson
By Derek Black
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action affirmed the ability of states to ban the use of racial preferences in state institutions of higher…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Janet Napolitano: How to diversify a campus, in spite of the Supreme Court
In the Washington Post, University of California President Janet Napolitano discusses the challenges facing public universities in California in which Proposition 209 since 1996 has prohibited the consideration of race…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Michigan’s Proposal 2
In a widely anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday of this week in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (No. 12-682) (PDF), holding in a 6-2…
Minnesota Employer
Supreme Court Affirms Michigan Constitutional Rejection of Affirmative Action
On April 22, 2014, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Michigan Constitutional amendment which prohibits in part the use of raced-based preferences in the admissions process for State of…
The Right Coast
Raced-Based Preferences Forever | National Review Online
Supporters of affirmative action are now signaling similar weakness. What was called racial quotas in the 1970s and has been referred to as affirmative action since the 1990s is giving…
Education Law Prof Blog
Court Upholds Michigan Ban on Consideration of Race in Admissions
By Derek Black
Yesterday, the Court held in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action that the Michigan referendum, which amended the state constitution to prohibit the consideration of race in admissions following…
Education Law Prof Blog
SCOTUSBlog on Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
A great deal will be written about the future of racial diversity in higher education following yesterday's decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, but here is a recap…