When the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in the 1970s, it helped lay the groundwork for the program’s demise.
Tag: Supreme Court (US)
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Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision.
How the landmark 1978 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice may ultimately have set it on a path to being outlawed.
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Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Aren’t as Unified or Conservative as Alito and Thomas
We now have real data about Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett. The court’s gone hard right, but the three are less unified than they might appear.
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The Relentless Attack on Trans People Is an Attack on All of Us
To deny equal respect and dignity to any part of the citizenry is to place the entire country on the road to tiered citizenship and limited rights.
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Joe Biden Has a Bully Pulpit, and He Should Focus It on the Supreme Court
The president must be clear about what the court has done, and what it may yet do.