Why is this the case?
That’s a rather privileged take, but you do you. Most disagree.
You’re a military guy. I’m genuinely curious, is it standard doctrine to just assume other actors will be unable to comprehend our strategic...
Do inequities need to arise from racism to be worth addressing?
"Imperial fiat" and "loop holes" are strange ways to describe authority explicitly granted by Congress via the bipartisan process you claim to...
The Court's reasoning had nothing to do with the genuineness of the COVID emergency, which was undisputed. What happened is Congress passed a...
It did go through Congress, though. They passed a law that gave the executive the power to waive or modify loans during a national emergency. That...
why do African Americans commit more crimes or perform worse on college admissions tests?
we do know, because democrats in the post war era confirmed a dozen Republican scotus nominees while controlling the senate. the very first time...
The dems will need everything to just hold onto their current advantage in the Senate the next election. Court reform is a non-starter.
Barrett wasn't necessary to this decision, so RBG retiring early wouldn't have changed anything.
True enough, although no system fully accounts for that. Even with race conscious admissions, you're going to need very high test scores, grades,...
The schools agree that they use race as a criteria. Their argument is that they should be able to do that, not that it isn't happening.
All of the justices agree strict scrutiny applies. They disagree on whether the programs at issue satisfy that standard.
I'm not sure I follow. The school does measure the racial composition of its student body and tries to maintain that composition when making...
They don't have express quotas, but they do make their admissions decisions with a view toward maintaining their racial balance. That leads to...
I suppose it depends on how you frame your baseline; however, a large number of failed applicants would have very likely been admitted had they...
The trial court concluded that “race is a determinative tip for” a significant percentage “of all admitted African American and Hispanic...
The benefit to the student is that he/she gets the spot instead of someone else. Why should we like that?
That was Sotomayor. One of her better points, IMO: Tellingly, in sharp contrast with today’s decision, the Court has allowed the use of race when...
