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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature have pushed n incredible amount of sweeping bills into law. How many have been blocked?

So writes Justice Alito, joined by Justice Thomas, in a statement today respecting the denial of certiorari in Roberts v. McDonald: The circumstances…

The pair of highly anticipated affirmative action decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this week will immediately affect admissions policies at institutions of higher...

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a challenge next term to a Mississippi Constitutional provision that prohibits certain felons from voting. Passed during the Jim Crow era to disenfranchise Black voters, the provision’s racist origins are undisputed. But a lower court ruled that discriminatory intent was cleansed by two amendments passed decades later.…

GOP Rep. Michelle Steel is set to introduce new legislation that would require universities make their use of personality tests in admissions decisions public following the Supreme Court's ruling.

How does the Supreme Courts ruling on colleges and universities using race in admissions impact medical schools and its students? Med students, colleges, and physician groups push diversity efforts.

In a 2003 and 20 years later, the court held that affirmative action was not meant to be a long-term measure.

On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199 (June 29, 2023), that the race-conscious...

The key precedent is Yick Wo v. Hopkins, a foundational case for constitutional law as the first Supreme Court case to apply the equal protection clause.

The Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling in admissions blatantly manipulates the next generation of leaders before they even hit college.