We Might Not Even Need The Supreme Court To Get Rid Of Legacy Admissions
Is Congress taking back its role as legislator?
The DOE Has Set Sights On Legacy Admissions, And Civil Rights Protections Could Be Collateral Damage
Losing disparate impact would really suck.
Morning Docket: 07.26.23
* Emboldened homophobes. Just another part of the Roberts Court's legacy. [Slate] * The Florida judge that handled the Parkland school shooter case has been reprimanded for bias towards the prosecution. [Huffington Post] * Department of Education launches investigation into Harvard legacy admissions. It's not bringing back affirmative action, but it's a step in the right direction. [Law360] * Incoming law students are wildly overconfident. Nothing like to Socratic method to knock them down a few pegs. [Reuters] * Ernst & Young's General Counsel steps down amid blowback on cheating scandal.[Law.com]
First They Came For Affirmative Action. Then They Came For Legacy Admissions. Good Riddance.
If you wanna get weird, let's get wild.
Can We Now Address Legacy Admissions? Or Will We Keep Focusing On Affirmative Action In A Silo?
Inequality begets inequality. And we are only becoming more unequal.
Are Legacy Admissions Unconstitutional?
Here’s seemingly every affirmative action conversation I’ve had since I started working at Above the Law: PLEBES: Affirmative action is racist — reverse-racist. It lets an under-qualified minority get into a school I deserved to get into, just because of their skin color! And why? Because 100 years ago things were tough for blacks? Not […]
