Topic
Affirmative Action
886 published works
The Right Coast
Pardon Me, Governor Granholm, Your Slip is Showing. Gail Heriot
It's October--the time of year for politicians to wander off message. And Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) recently wandered out of the Supreme Court's safe zone when she urged her fellow…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS preview season in high gear
Main September 16, 2006SCOTUS preview season in high gearEverywhere you surf, there are clear signs that the SCOTUS preview season is now in high gear. Marcia Coyle has this effective…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Brazil hosts innovative approaches to combat racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia at the Regional Conference of the Americas– Starts Today!
“I will never be satisfied until racial segregation disappears in America.” (Martin Luther King).Martin Luther King’s statement expresses a universal ideal that transcends the dream of just one great Black…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Did Controversial Speaker Cause EEOC to Cancel Public Meeting?
Here's an interesting story from Peter Lattman over at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog.Apparently, Roger Clegg (pictured above), president and general counsel of the Center of Equal Opportunity, a…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Employment Effects of Academic Affirmative Action
Jesse Rothstein & Albert Yoon (photos posted on Sunday) write about the effects academic affirmative action has on the employment opportunities, graduation rates, and bar passage rates of students at…
Labor Law Prof Blog
AFT Does Not Heart Member Kirsanow
The AFT has released the following press release regarding the recess appointment of NLRB Member Peter Kirsanow:In his writings and statements, Mr. Kirsanow has been openly hostiletoward unions, taken stands…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Reconceptualizing Affirmative Action
Recent findings in implicit social cognition (ISC)—a science thatmeasures people’s subconscious biases—can provide a scientific basisfor justifying and revising affirmative action, according to JerryKang, a UCLA law professor who explained…
Media Law Prof Blog
Marty Lederman’s Post on John Roberts’ Position in Metro Broadcasting v. FCC
See Marty Lederman's commentary on the position that John Roberts seems to have taken behind the scenes in Metro Broadcasting v. FCC back in 1990 (from Balkinization--Jack M. Balkin's blog).
Labor Law Prof Blog
Symposium on Grutter and Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action In Twenty-Five Years?Moritz College of Law/Kirwan Institute to hold symposium February 24-25February 11, 2005What: Symposium on Affirmative ActionWhen: February 24-25, 2005 Where: Saxbe Auditorium, Moritz College of Law,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Gely & Caron on <em>Affirmative Refraction</em>
My latest article has hit the newstands: Affirmative Refraction: Grutter v. Bollinger Through the Lens of The Case of the Speluncean Explorers, 21 Constitutional Commentary 63 (2004) (with Paul Caron).…