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Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Supreme Court had a busy week, hearing oral arguments in five cases. University of North Carolina, which are poised to determine the role of affirmative action in college admissions. The primary issue in both cases is whether the Court should reverse its decision in Grutter v. Harvard College and SFFA v. 306 (2003).
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 28, 2022
Share When the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. The Dobbs majority opinion was the third-longest Supreme Court opinion since the beginning of the 1946-47 term, according to our analysis. Both trends could further diminish perceptions of a collegial and productive court.
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 31, 2022
University of North Carolina. Here is the column: Forty-four years ago, the Supreme Court was the center of a raging protest by thousands as the justices took up the case of Regents of the University of California v. In Bakke, the court ruled against affirmative action in a fractured decision.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
In 2022, the American Bar Association required law schools to “provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism: (1) at the start of the program of legal education, and (2) at least once again before graduation.” I have long incorporated race issues in my classes. The decision in Porter v.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Share Last term at the Supreme Court teemed with culture-war issues: guns , religion , climate change , COVID vaccines , and of course abortion. In 1978 , 2003 , and 2016 , the court affirmed that universities may consider applicants’ race as part of an effort to foster diversity on campus. Start with affirmative action. In Haaland v.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2022
Notably, this week, the board defended its policy before the Supreme Court by insisting that it was not “race balancing” and that the new policy is entirely “race neutral.” The TJ case is important not just to constitutional but educational standards in America.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 30, 2023
The decision of the Supreme Court to end the use of race in college admissions was not unexpected. Indeed, the rulings in cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina ended decades of muddled 5-4 decisions. In barring the use of race in admissions, the Court believed that it was protecting that very guarantee.
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