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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

Apparently Joan Biskupic Knows How Justice Gorsuch Addresses His Memo…

...for a particular draft opinion by CJ Roberts.

Reason

Justice Stevens's Papers Will Be Released While Justices O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer Are Still Alive

First stop for reporters: the Grutter and Gratz files.

Reason

Day 3 of our Top 15 stories to watch in 2023 – SCOTUS

Welcome to the Wednesday, March 8, Brew.

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Goodbye "Race Checkbox," Hello "Diversity Sentence"

How universities will get around whatever the Supreme Court decides in the affirmative action cases.

Reason

Conservative US Supreme Court reconsidering affirmative action, leaving the use of race in college admissions on the brink of extinction

The U.S. military learned a valuable lesson about race during the Vietnam War: Diversity does not happen without affirmative action.

The Conversation

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

The Texas Tribune

The Supreme Court's Options in the Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

The conservative majority on the Court is highly likely to rule against the two schools' use of racial preferences in admissions. But there are several different ways it could do so, which have different implications for future cases.

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Supreme Court justices battle over race as a factor in college admissions

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court showed deep divides over race-conscious university admissions while questioning lawyers in cases that could transform college campuses and overturn decades-old precedents.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of race in college admissions - Roll Call

The conservative-controlled Supreme Court appeared ready to curtail the use of race in college admissions during oral arguments Monday.

Roll Call

Justices’ past affirmative action views, in their own words

A Supreme Court that is the most diverse in history will hear two cases Monday challenging the use of affirmative action in higher education

The Independent UK

Commentary: Removing race from admissions decisions would do lasting damage to American universities

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases filed against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that could profoundly alter the future of higher education in America. Petitioners will ask the court to overturn decades of precedent that have allowed…

Chicago Tribune

Justice Barrett and Affirmative Action

In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Justice O'Connor wrote, "We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." I never took this sentence--or really anything Justice O'Connor wrote--very seriously. And even if she was serious about that point, no one who joined her…

Reason

Reminder: Sign Up For Virtual Supreme Court By November 1 For Mentoring Session

Teams of two HS students will write a brief and present oral arguments on Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

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On the Originalist Case that Racial Preferences by Government are Constitutional

The case falls short on several grounds.

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The 11th Annual Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court

Teams of two HS students will write a brief and present oral arguments on Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

Tribune News Service

POINT: It’s time to stop racial discrimination in college admissions

In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

Reason

A Chance to Repair the Law

Grutter deference never made any sense.

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