The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 5 Possible Outcomes
Dec 11, 2015 If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land.
May It Displease the Court: Race and Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Jul 9, 2015 A book on the U.S. Supreme Court justice reveals the bruising backstory to the Texas affirmative action case set to be heard again this fall.
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Apr 30, 2014
Truthdigger of the Week: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Apr 27, 2014 Sotomayor's eloquent dissent against the decision to allow Michigan to discriminate by race and sex in the college admissions process has the power to wake those asleep in the dream of our country's presumed inevitable progress.Sotomayor's dissent against the decision to allow Michigan to discriminate by race and sex has the power to wake those asleep in the dream of our country's inevitable progress.
The Court Stacks the Deck
Apr 26, 2014 Affirmative action has opened doors for disadvantaged minorities and made this a fairer, more equal society. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts apparently wants no more of that.
The 28th Amendment: Getting the Money Out of Politics
Apr 25, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The movement to kill corporate personhood hits the road, Sonia Sotomayor dissents, the state of immigration reform, and Free Press tries to save the Internet from the FCC.
Race Matters: Resegregation and the Rollback of Affirmative Action
Apr 24, 2014 "I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." So proclaimed Alabama Gov. George Wallace more than half a century ago.
Affirmative Action
Apr 23, 2014
Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision Is Bad News for Gay Marriage
Apr 23, 2014 The current Supreme Court has consistently decided for states' rights and majority rule, which could be a problem as same-sex marriage cases work their way through the judiciary.
Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Block on Affirmative Action
Apr 22, 2014 Publicly funded colleges in Michigan still won't be able to take applicants' racial background information into consideration in the admissions process, as the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a referendum that passed in the Great Lakes State in 2006 banning the practice.
