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In this episode of Dimensions of Diversity, host Lloyd Freeman reflects on a conversation he had recently during a Black History Month Webinar in which he welcomed a trio of diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders at prestigious law schools to discuss the impact a recent Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and UNC has had on college and law school admissions, particularly for Black students.The three panelists – Alison Ashe-Card, Lauren Jackson, and Rhasheda Douglas – provide insights on the challenges and potential strategies for maintaining diversity in higher education in the wake of this ruling.Dimensions of Diversity is a podcast created by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, highlighting diversity in the workplace. Hosted by Lloyd Freeman, Chief Experience Officer, the podcast features meaningful conversations with industry and community leaders working to advance D&I.
The Oregon legislature is about to pass Senate Bill 1182, which would authorize the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to give away the half-billion dollar, four-acre, I-5 lid over the Rose Quarter—plus all property and development rights and contracts—to a single black-owned nonprofit, the Albina Vision Trust or AVT.ODOT's Design Summary for the cover states that a “Black-led, community development corporation” would control the property and development. AVT's leader states that “the Black community should be able to have both the land on the freeway caps and the jobs that come with building them.”This would qualify as denying opportunities to those who aren't Black, based solely upon their race. The Supreme Court outlawed this practice two years ago in Fair Admissions v. Harvard when the majority wrote, “ameliorating societal discrimination does not constitute a compelling interest that justifies race-based state action.”In other words, SB1182 would support construction and ownership opportunities that violate state and federal laws prohibiting race-based discrimination. Handing over public assets to a private organization who plans to hire only Black contractors will simply invite litigation, and legislators should be ashamed of themselves for approving it.The Governor should veto SB1182.
On today's episode, we discuss recent developments in US Higher Education, including Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and the new significance behind this case under the Trump Administration, as well as the "Dear Colleague" letters issued by the US Department of Education this year. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide.Host: Marcia DePaula (email) (Steptoe & Johnson PLLC)Guest Speaker: Derek Ishikawa (email) (Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP)Support the showRegister on the ELA website here to receive email invitations to future programs.
The US Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard made it illegal for colleges and universities to use race as a factor in choosing their incoming classes. As a result, schools are working harder than ever to recruit and admit first-generation and lower-income applicants to preserve the diversity of their student bodies. But the Boston University sociologist Anthony Abraham Jack says American higher education wasn't ready for the diversity they were recruiting before the Court's ruling—and they're still not ready now. His research shows how schools often fail to acknowledge the inequities of class and race that students bring to campus from home. The solution? Pop the campus bubble and begin looking at the ways that place impacts the challenges low-income and first-generation students face. Anthony Abraham Jack is the Inaugural Faculty Director of the Newbury Center at Boston University, where he is an associate professor of higher education leadership at the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. He has earned awards from the American Educational Studies Association, the American Sociological Association, and the Association for the Study of Higher Education, among others. His first book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, earned awards from the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the Eastern Sociological Association and was named one of National Public Radio's Best Books of 2019. His second book, Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality, and Students Pay the Price, won the PROSE Award in Education Theory and Practice from the Association of American Publishers. Anthony Abraham Jack received his PhD in sociology from Harvard Griffin GSAS in 2016.
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Students for Fair Admissions v. UT Austin
EP273 – They Don't Make Them Like They Used ToThis episode has full video on the YouTube channel @HardParking Have you done the “Tesla Challenge"? Chances are, “No”. This is a made up challenge of seeing how many traffic lights you can go without seeing a Tesla. How many Tesla's are on the road in the United States?A man was arrested for vandalizing as many as 6 Tesla's causing over $21,000 in damages but was NOT charged by county attorney Mary Moriarty, yet she did charge a 19 year old first-time offender for allegedly keying a co-workers vehicle (non Tesla) upwards of $7,000 in damages. How disciplined are you on social media when a friend or colleague makes a post you fundamentally disagree with? What is the real deal with the Trump administration threatening to remove Harvard University's “tax-exempt” status? The All-In Podcast covered this discussion and Jhae plays some of the opinions and responds to them in this episode. What is the real deal about the popular phrase “They don't make them like they used to”? How close are we really to seeing the next generation of the Honda / Acura NSX? Main Show Sponsors:Right Honda: https://righthonda.com/Right Toyota: https://www.righttoyota.com/Arcus Foundry: https://arcusfoundry.com/ Autocannon Official Gear: https://shop.autocannon.com/ Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning: email: HardParkingPodcast@gmail.com Website: www.Hardparking.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/hardparkingpod/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HardParking Links Referenced in this video:Pancreatic Cancer Action Network: https://pancan.org/ Christy and Sandy's crew: https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?fr_id=2948&pg=team&team_id=59253 All-In-Podcast Podcast segment: (at 28 minute mark on All In pod) Trump vs. Harvard: Why the White House is threatening to take Harvard's tax-exempt status awayhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-vs-harvard-nvidia-export-controls-how-dei-killed/id1502871393?i=1000704069760 YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/rCrb4TbHRxc?si=RKixQXc4MvhMQPiH Other Links:https://x.com/SawyerMerritt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-1940s-car-discovered-wreck-american-naval-ship-that-sank-during-world-war-ii-180986485/ https://www.autoevolution.com/news/honda-acura-nsx-for-2030-is-already-here-still-with-ice-power-albeit-only-virtually-250081.html https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/hennepin-county-attorney-wont-charge-man-who-caused-20k-in-damage-to-teslas/ https://www.teslarati.com/atty-no-charge-six-time-tesla-vandal-controversy/ NPR Editorial Staff statistics and congress oversight meeting:Jim Jordan and Katherine Maher (CEO of NPR): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-YBKr40feghttps://washingtonstand.com/news/npr-has-zero-republicans-87-democrats-on-editorial-staff-says-senior-editor- https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/anti-american-airwaves-holding-the-heads-of-npr-and-pbs-accountable/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/us/harvard-university-endowment/index.html https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/7/13/faculty-survey-political-leaning https://www.thefire.org/news/columbia-nyu-join-harvard-bottom-2025-college-free-speech-rankings Bob Jones Univ. v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/461/574/ Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023)https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/20-1199
Our guests today signed onto a statement by a group of 18 law professors who opposed the Trump administration's funding threats at Columbia on free speech and academic freedom grounds. Since then, Northwestern, Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, and nearly 60 other colleges and universities are under investigation with their funding hanging in the balance, allegedly for violations of civil rights law. To help us understand the funding threats, Harvard's recent lawsuit against the federal government, and where universities go from here are: - David Rabban — distinguished teaching professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law - Erwin Chemerinsky — distinguished professor of law and dean at UC Berkeley Law Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:50 Govt's approach with Harvard and Columbia 05:39 Title VI violations 11:30 Anti-Semitism on campuses 23:02 Viewpoint diversity in higher education 27:12 Affirmative action and the Supreme Court 35:52 Title IX under the Obama and Biden administrations 42:32 Bob Jones University and tax-exempt status 45:53 Future of federal funding in higher education 54:08 Outro Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org. Show notes: Academic freedom: from professional norm to first amendment right David Rabban (2024) Worse than nothing: the dangerous fallacy of originalism Erwin Chemerinsky (2022) “A statement from constitutional law scholars on Columbia” The New York Review (2025) Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1967) Federal government letter to Harvard (2025) “The promise of American higher education” Alan Garber (2025) Harvard's lawsuit (complaint) (2025) “Columbia agrees to Trump's demands after federal funds are stripped” The New York Times (2025) “Sustaining Columbia's vital mission” Claire Shipman (2025) Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) “What is Title IX? Its history & implications” FIRE (2025) Bridges v. Wixon (1945)
Today's episode features our rich conversation with Dr. Corinne Mitsuye Sugino, Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Center for Ethnic Studies at The Ohio State University, about her compelling new book, Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans. On the show, Alex and Calvin are joined by guest co-host Dr. Sarah Hae-In Idzik to talk with Corinne about her multifaceted analyses of the role of Asian American racialization in the construction of the concept of the human. We delve into Corinne's concept of "racial allegory," which illuminates how media and institutional narratives mobilize categories of difference, including Asian Americans, to stabilize the idea of "Western man".Our discussion touches upon the significance of the title Making the Human, unpacking how Asian American racialization and gendering contribute to the social formulation of the human. We explore key concepts such as the understanding of "Western man" drawn from Black Studies scholarship, while also examining the crucial relationship that Corinne charts between anti-Asian racism and anti-Blackness within communication and rhetoric studies. Corinne also explains how she applies the notion of racial allegory to a case study on Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, revealing how anti-racist discourse can be used to uphold racial hierarchies, and the strategic role of the victimized Asian student trope in this context. Furthermore, we analyze Corinne's intercontextual reading of the film Crazy Rich Asians alongside Daniel Patrick Moynihan's “The Negro Family” report, exploring allegories of family and mothering and the underlying racial narratives at play. Our discussion also considers the significance of animacy and the inhuman in relation to the boundaries of the human, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racialization of Asian Americans as potential disease carriers. Finally, we reflect upon Corinne's nuanced perspective on the term "Asian American" itself, considering its complexities and its potential as a resource for undoing categories and fostering coalition.Corinne Mitsuye Sugino's Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans is available now from Rutgers University Press.Works and Concepts Referenced in this Episode:Chen, M. Y. (2012). Animacies: Biopolitics, racial mattering, and queer affect. Duke University Press.Jackson, Z. I. (2020). Becoming human: Matter and meaning in an antiblack world. New York University Press.Johnson, J. (2016). “A man's mouth is his castle”: The midcentury fluoridation controversy and the visceral public. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 102(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00335630.2015.1135506Maraj, L. M. (2020). Anti-racist campus rhetorics. Utah State Press.Molina, N. (2014). How race is made in America: Immigration, citizenship, and the historical power of racial scripts. Univ of California Press.Moynihan, D. P. (1965). The Negro family, a case for national action. United States Department of Labor, Office of Policy Planning and Research.Spillers, H. J. (1987). Mama's baby, papa's maybe: An American grammar book. diacritics, 17(2), 65-81.Wynter, S. (1994). “ ‘No humans involved': An open letter to my colleagues.” Forum N.H.I.: Knowledge for the 21st Century, 1(1), 1–17.Wynter, S. (2003). “Unsettling the coloniality of being/power/truth/freedom: Towards the human, after man, its overrepresentation—An argument.” CR: The New Centennial Review, 3(3), 257–337.Wynter, S., & McKittrick, K. (2015). “Unparalleled catastrophe for our species? Or, to give humanness a different future: Conversations.” In K. McKittrick (Ed.), Sylvia Wynter: On being human as praxis (pp. 9–89). Duke University Press.da Silva, D. F. (2007). Toward a global idea of race. University of Minnesota Press.An accessible transcript for this episode can be found here (via Descript)
(0:00) The Besties welcome Tim Dillon! (6:56) Nvidia H20 export controls, the China workaround, plausible deniability by chipmakers selling to China-linked entities (28:45) Trump vs. Harvard: Why the White House is threatening to take Harvard's tax-exempt status away (57:04) Hollywood's DEI facade, thoughts on AI, and more (1:18:06) Celebrity Jeopardy update: Friedberg is heading to the finals! (1:26:44) Science Corner: Mitochondrial Therapy Follow Tim: https://x.com/TimJDillon Check out Tim's new special: https://www.netflix.com/title/81992010 Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUzmVo2dZNs https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-15-25/card/nvidia-records-5-5-billion-charge-on-new-h20-export-restrictions-LXjxlqr2m80QIrfJxnYZ https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-chip-exports-nvidia-h20-china-amd-d2c4c866 https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-nvidia-offers-new-advanced-chip-china-that-meets-us-export-controls-2022-11-08 https://abachy.com/news/nvidia-unveil-new-ai-chips-chinese-market-after-us-bans-a800-and-h800 https://www.moomoo.com/community/feed/compared-to-the-h100-how-is-the-performance-of-the-111725151846805 https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-could-face-1-billion-or-more-fine-us-probe-sources-say-2025-04-08 https://www.bis.gov https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/us-is-unable-to-replace-rare-earths-supply-from-china-warns-csis-.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-31/trump-administration-to-review-billions-in-grants-to-harvard https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/the-promise-of-american-higher-education https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-administration-federal-cuts-antisemitism-0a1fb70a2c1055bda7c4c5a5c476e18d https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/irs-harvard-tax-exempt-status/index.html https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/09/05/harvard-comes-in-dead-last-in-nationwide-free-speech-rankings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/7/13/faculty-survey-political-leaning https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-parliament-extends-martial-law-until-august-2025-04-16 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06537-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00848-z https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389907980_Organelle-tuning_condition_robustly_fabricates_energetic_mitochondria_for_cartilage_regeneration/fulltext/67d8575e478c5a3feda50563/Organelle-tuning-condition-robustly-fabricates-energetic-mitochondria-for-cartilage-regeneration.pdf https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-clooney-calls-breaking-biden-2024-his-civic-duty-says-democrats-werent-telling-truth
On this episode of the Rules of the Game podcast, the second installment of our eight-part series focusing on critical issues, we dive into the latest headlines shaping racial justice and immigrant rights. We'll explore how nonprofits can play a pivotal role in advocating for change through legislative, executive, and judicial channels. From raising awareness to securing funding for advocacy efforts, nonprofits across the nation are stepping up in the fight to protect our rights. This episode not only highlights their impactful work but also provides crucial insights into the rules and regulations that govern nonprofit advocacy in the ongoing struggle for racial justice and immigrant rights. Attorneys for this episode Monika Graham Brittany Hacker Quyen Tu Current Events/EOs: · Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, essentially terminating the UAC Program o UAC Program Responsibilities: § Ensuring that the interests of the child are considered in decisions related to care and custody § Ensuring, to the greatest extent practicable, that all unaccompanied alien children in custody have access to legal representation or counsel § Releasing UAC to qualified sponsors and family members who are determined to be capable of providing for the child's physical and mental well-being o The Fallout: § Impacts the work of 100 plus legal service providers § RAICES 199+ employees laid off § Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston 101 employee layoffs § Catholic Charities Tarrant County 169 employee layoffs § Catholic Charities Houston/Dallas 180 employee layoffs § Over 26, 000 children left without legal representation § Immigration court backlog includes about 3.5 million cases · Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion o Trump's order to investigate around 350 philanthropic organizations holding combined assets of $900B due to their DEI programs. o Funders' responses: Some have remained steadfast in their commitment, while others have backed down. o Context to understand the broader tension: · A surge in commitment to racial equity following the murder of George Floyd by police in 2020. · SCOTUS ruling in June 2023: The Supreme Court deemed race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC unconstitutional in the Students for Fair Admissions case, effectively ending affirmative action in college admissions. · In response to SFFA, in August 2023, the American Alliance for Equal Rights sued Fearless Fund, alleging its grant program for Black female entrepreneurs was racially discriminatory. The 11th Circuit Court halted the program during litigation, and Fearless Fund settled in September 2024, ending the program. As a result, grants or contracts restricted to a specific race may now violate federal law. o Government and private sector DEI offices and programs have shut down. o Numerous lawsuits are pending, creating additional legal uncertainty. o Chilling effect already unfolding, with widespread chaos and uncertainty. · Executive Orders (10 in the first 7 days) o Ended humanitarian parole for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, forcing those legally allowed into the U.S. to leave. o Attempt to end birthright citizenship. o Ramp-up of deportations, expanding the list of individuals prioritized for removal. o Paused the refugee resettlement program, capping it at the lowest level in 40 years. o Ongoing challenges: Many policies have been paused or are currently being contested in the courts. o Impact on individuals: Deportations of student visa holders detained by masked individuals, and the arrest of Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) based on their involvement in Free Palestine movements. o Deportations to El Salvador without due process for immigrants alleged to be gang members—based solely on tattoos. o Wrongful deportation: A Maryland man was deported to El Salvador despite a court order prohibiting his deportation. Authorities claim it was an administrative error, with no legitimate reason for his arrest, detention, or removal. Even DOJ lawyers have expressed confusion about why the administration isn't bringing him back, despite being ordered to return him by midnight tonight. o Shocking incompetence: The lack of diligence and understanding of the human impact of these policies is alarming. Advocacy · Executive Order Advocacy: o 501(c)(3) compliant, safe, nonpartisan, non-lobbying advocacy activity (keeping in mind that other federal, state, and local regulations may apply) o Track and communicate EOs, assist immigrant communities in understanding their implications, and help prepare through targeted social media campaigns o Develop a preparedness plan for potential ICE actions at your nonprofit, ensuring the safety and rights of those involved · Fund Advocacy: o General support grants provide funding that is not earmarked for a particular purpose and can be used at the discretion of the recipient organization to advance their mission and cover operating costs. o Specific project grants: Private foundations must review the grantee's project budget and may award up to the non-lobbying portion. Funds must be used exclusively for the designated project. o Note: Public foundations that have made the 501(h) election may follow the same general support and specific project grant rules that apply to private foundations, and these grants should not be considered a lobbying expenditure by the foundation, even if the recipient public charity spends the grant funds on lobbying · Public Awareness: o Amplify the voices of unaccompanied children through powerful storytelling campaigns that humanize their experiences and bring attention to their plight. o Conduct in-depth research on the impact of funding cuts, highlighting how these reductions are affecting the lives of vulnerable children, and share these findings publicly to increase awareness. o Actively engage with your community by hosting events, discussions, or social media campaigns that educate the public on current issues surrounding unaccompanied immigrant children and provide actionable ways they can advocate for meaningful change. Lobbying · Tax Code Lobbying 101: Public charities can engage in lobbying! Ensure you track and report all local, state, and federal lobbying activities while staying within legal limits. · Host a Lobbying Day: Organize a dedicated event, like AILA's National Day of Action, to mobilize supporters and advocate for critical issues. · Engage in Ballot Measure Work: Actively participate in ballot measures to influence public policy decisions at the local or state level. · Remember: o State/local level lobbyist registration and reporting requirements may apply when engaging in legislative and executive branch advocacy. o Ballot measure advocacy could implicate state/local campaign finance and election laws. Resources · Race and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights · The Impact of Government Funding Cuts on Unaccompanied Children and the Role of Nonprofits in Fighting Back · Public Charities Can Lobby · Practical Guidance: What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Lobbying in Your State · Investing in Change
The Trump administration's war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) just escalated. Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued sweeping directives aimed at eliminating DEI programs, not just within the Department of Justice (DOJ), but also in private companies, nonprofits, and universities that receive federal funding. Under Bondi's orders, the DOJ will investigate, penalize, and potentially pursue criminal cases against DEI programs that it deems discriminatory. Internally, the DOJ will purge DEI policies, training programs, and hiring initiatives, replacing them with identity-neutral guidelines. This directive raises legal and civil rights concerns. Critics warn it's a thinly veiled attack on corporate diversity programs and affirmative action efforts that have already been under fire after the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Over the years, elite institutions shifted from fostering open debate to enforcing ideological conformity. But as guest Ilya Shapiro puts it, “the pendulum is swinging back.” He shares his firsthand experience with cancel culture and how the American Bar Association's policies influence legal education. Shapiro also opines on major free speech cases before the Supreme Court, including the TikTok ownership battle and Texas' age verification law for adult content. Shapiro is a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. He previously (and briefly) served as executive director and senior lecturer at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution and as a vice president at the Cato Institute. His latest book, “Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites,” is out now. Enjoy listening to our podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org. Read the transcript. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:58 Shapiro's Georgetown controversy 15:07 Free speech on campus 26:51 Law schools' decline 40:47 Legal profession challenges 42:33 The “vibe shift” away from cancel culture 56:02 TikTok and age verification at the Supreme Court 01:03:37 Anti-Semitism on campus 01:09:36 Outro Show notes: - “The illiberal takeover of law schools” City Journal (2022) - “Poll finds sharp partisan divisions on the impact of a Black woman justice.” ABC News (2022) - “Why I quit Georgetown.” Ilya Shapiro, The Wall Street Journal (2022) - “Georgetown's investigation of a single tweet taking longer than 12 round-trips to the moon.” FIRE (2022) - Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023) - Lamont v. Postmaster General (1965) - TikTok Inc v. Garland (2025) - Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (2024) - Ginsberg v. New York (1968) - International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism (last updated 2025)
From the first Trump Administration's executive order restricting equity and inclusion discussions across the federal government to the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions, the last few years have seen significant legal attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. David Glasgow joins Taonga Leslie to discuss the historical context of DEI, the current state of play as we enter a second Trump Administration, and potential opportunities for individuals and companies to be doing more.Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.orgHost: Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial JusticeGuest: David Glasgow, Executive Director, Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and BelongingLink: What Trump's Second Term Could Mean for DEI, by by Kenji Yoshino, David Glasgow, and Christina Joseph Link: Advancing DEI Initiative, Meltzer Center for Diversity Inclusion and Belonging Link: Anti-DEI Legislation Tracker, Council on Social Work EducationLink: American Pride RisesVisit the Podcast Website: Broken Law PodcastEmail the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.orgFollow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube-----------------Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn't.----------------- Production House: Flint Stone Media Copyright of American Constitution Society 2024.
Institutions of higher education released demographic data for their first classes admitted after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College held that the Constitution prohibits the use of race as a “bonus” in admissions decisions. The demographic data reflect a variety of admissions policy changes. Four […]
Institutions of higher education released demographic data for their first classes admitted after the Supreme Court's landmark decision Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College held that the Constitution prohibits the use of race as a "bonus" in admissions decisions. The demographic data reflect a variety of admissions policy changes. Four new voices in civil rights law--all recent law school graduates--will summarize trends in post-Fair Admissions admissions policies and data to explain how institutions of higher education responded to the Fair Admissions decision. Featuring: Peter Abernathy, Judicial Law Clerk, 31st Circuit Court of VirginiaSamuel Gellen, Honor Law Graduate Attorney, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionLeo O'Malley, Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of TexasAnthony Pericolo, Associate, Desmarais LLP(Moderator) Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity
In 2022, the ABA updated its Standard 303, Curriculum which relates to “cross-cultural competency” and “professional identity.” Because the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is responsible for law school accreditation through an appointment from the U.S. Department of Education (and the agreement of State Bars), this change and the ways it can be implemented could have widespread implications.This panel will discuss the nature of the obligations the revised Standard places on law schools and the scope of such terms as "cross-cultural competency" and "racism." Do these new standards require new courses or course changes? Will the new courses displace any of the old ones? Will the implementation turn out to be education or training? Does this standard create any tension with later developments in law including Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC (2023)? What role does the Department of Education and State Bars have in scrutinizing and altering the effects of this new standard?Featuring:Dean Michael F. Barry, Professor of Law and Former President and Dean, South Texas College of Law HoustonDr. Dayna Bowen Matthew, Dean & Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law SchoolMs. Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, Managing Director, Accreditation and Legal Education, ABAHon. Nels Peterson, Justice, Supreme Court of GeorgiaModerator: Hon. Carlos T. Bea, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Last year, the Supreme Court decided the cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Student for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina (SFFA). The Court held that the admissions programs of Harvard and UNC violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The decision has been interpreted broadly as outlawing race affirmative action in college and university admissions. However, in footnote 4 of the opinion, the Court indicated that its decision “does not address the issue” of race-based admissions programs at the military academies. Shortly after the release of SFFA, Students for Fair Admissions sued both West Point and the Naval Academy to directly challenge their admissions programs. This webinar will provide a litigation update in these cases and explore the ramifications of the exemption to the SFFA holding created by footnote 4 of the opinion.Featuring:John E. McGlothlin, Special Projects Officer, National Guard Bureau, Office of the Inspector General; Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Global CampusJohn J. Park, Jr., General Counsel, Indigo Energy(Moderator) Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity
Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Douglass Fort. He founded The Blerd Academy (Black Nerds). It's a wealth building program that helps High-Achieving Black-American youth get scholarships to HBCU's. They have secured over $8 million dollars in scholarships! Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Douglass Fort. Why did you start the Academy? What are some outcomes of the Academy? Why should the Black-American community highlight our nerds? · Since 2016 Fort has secured $8 million in scholarships for 63 high-achieving Black American students. Full-ride and tuition-only scholarships to HBCUs through graduate school.· PJ's sister, Marissa, also went through the program. She graduated Cum Laude from Hampton University with a degree in Accounting, earned a Master's degree from Columbia University all debt-free, and now works for Deloitte in New York City.· Other success stories: A Tennessee State U graduate now works in the front office for the NFL's Chicago Bears.· Two are Obama-Cheskey Voyager scholars.· Fort says: “We don't talk enough about Black scientists, mathematicians, and doctors. Only 1% of athletes make it to the NFL. We're hustling backward having our kids focus on sports over education.”· Criteria for the students he assists: a 3.5 GPA, a 28 ACT score, or a 1300 SAT score for a full-ride scholarship, or a minimum 3.2 GPA, a 23 ACT score, or an 1130 SAT score for tuition-only scholarships. AP and/or Honors classes, community service, and school leadership is also beneficial.· Since the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina struck down Affirmative Action in college admissions Fort has been busy.· Several HBCUs saw a surge in applications, including Washington D.C.'s Howard University, Clark-Atlanta University, which outpaced the University of Georgia, and Florida Agricultural Mechanical University (FAMU).· Fort says: Parents just don't know there is money and resources at these institutions for their high-achieving students, but they should because their kids have excelled in the classroom, and they deserve it.” MONEY MAKING CONVERSATIONS TALKING POINTSGuest: Douglass J. Fort, Founder, The BLERD Academy· Grew up in East Palo Alto, California· Liked school but got caught up in the streets· Was shot as a teen.· A childhood friend suggested he apply to Jackson State University. When he was accepted, hesitated, but did go.· Graduated from JSU. A Criminal Justice Major/Urban Affairs/Development minor. After graduation, he returned to East Palo Alto where he started the violence prevention program, For Youth By Youth.· Worked with law enforcement to help clean up Black neighborhoods.· His son received a full-ride athletic scholarship to Morehouse College but turned it down to play Division 1 Football at a PWI, and never played.· Doug was heartbroken that his son turned down Morehouse. A close friend told him he had to get over it and focus on kids who wanted the HBCU experience.· Founded The BLERD Academy, a combination of the words Black and Nerd in 2016 in Oakland; a non-profit wealth-building program that assists high-achieving Black American students graduate, debt-free from more than 100 HBCUs.· Found the first BLERD while working at a Bay Area JSU Black College Expo booth. It was 6'5 honor roll student, Phillip Patrick Jr. who had a 3.6 GPA and 28 ACT score. Fort offered him a full-ride Presidential scholarship to Jackson State on the spot.· Phillip Patrick had played baseball all his life and thought he would have to continue playing in college on scholarship. When he received the full-ride, he told his mother he no longer wanted to play baseball, he wanted to be a brain surgeon.· Patrick Jr. majored in Biology Pre-Med and graduated from JSU in 2020. He is now in the 3rd year of a five-year medical program at UC Irvine Medical School where he will receive his Master's in Public Health and Medical Degree in Cardiac Anesthesiology. UC Irvine is fully financing his medicaldegree. He is engaged to a fellow Blerd who graduated from Howard University and is in Medical School at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Also debt free.· Fort advises his kids to leverage their B.L.E.R.D and secure their bag of money through graduate school.· He is especially passionate about young Black men from tough neighborhoods like he came from.· He is a big proponent of kids buying property as early as possible.· Fort says: “This is a spiritual calling. My mission is to rebuild our community, and it starts with young men because they are the ones who will be the providers for their families. We exist as an organization to build a healthy community that is Black, Educated, Resourceful, and Determined, and we are doing it one B.L.E.R.D at a time.”· Website: www.theblerdacademy.com, Instagram: TheBlerdAcademy #STRAW #BEST #SHMSSupport the show: https://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Douglass Fort. He founded The Blerd Academy (Black Nerds). It's a wealth building program that helps High-Achieving Black-American youth get scholarships to HBCU's. They have secured over $8 million dollars in scholarships! Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Douglass Fort. Why did you start the Academy? What are some outcomes of the Academy? Why should the Black-American community highlight our nerds? · Since 2016 Fort has secured $8 million in scholarships for 63 high-achieving Black American students. Full-ride and tuition-only scholarships to HBCUs through graduate school.· PJ's sister, Marissa, also went through the program. She graduated Cum Laude from Hampton University with a degree in Accounting, earned a Master's degree from Columbia University all debt-free, and now works for Deloitte in New York City.· Other success stories: A Tennessee State U graduate now works in the front office for the NFL's Chicago Bears.· Two are Obama-Cheskey Voyager scholars.· Fort says: “We don't talk enough about Black scientists, mathematicians, and doctors. Only 1% of athletes make it to the NFL. We're hustling backward having our kids focus on sports over education.”· Criteria for the students he assists: a 3.5 GPA, a 28 ACT score, or a 1300 SAT score for a full-ride scholarship, or a minimum 3.2 GPA, a 23 ACT score, or an 1130 SAT score for tuition-only scholarships. AP and/or Honors classes, community service, and school leadership is also beneficial.· Since the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina struck down Affirmative Action in college admissions Fort has been busy.· Several HBCUs saw a surge in applications, including Washington D.C.'s Howard University, Clark-Atlanta University, which outpaced the University of Georgia, and Florida Agricultural Mechanical University (FAMU).· Fort says: Parents just don't know there is money and resources at these institutions for their high-achieving students, but they should because their kids have excelled in the classroom, and they deserve it.” MONEY MAKING CONVERSATIONS TALKING POINTSGuest: Douglass J. Fort, Founder, The BLERD Academy· Grew up in East Palo Alto, California· Liked school but got caught up in the streets· Was shot as a teen.· A childhood friend suggested he apply to Jackson State University. When he was accepted, hesitated, but did go.· Graduated from JSU. A Criminal Justice Major/Urban Affairs/Development minor. After graduation, he returned to East Palo Alto where he started the violence prevention program, For Youth By Youth.· Worked with law enforcement to help clean up Black neighborhoods.· His son received a full-ride athletic scholarship to Morehouse College but turned it down to play Division 1 Football at a PWI, and never played.· Doug was heartbroken that his son turned down Morehouse. A close friend told him he had to get over it and focus on kids who wanted the HBCU experience.· Founded The BLERD Academy, a combination of the words Black and Nerd in 2016 in Oakland; a non-profit wealth-building program that assists high-achieving Black American students graduate, debt-free from more than 100 HBCUs.· Found the first BLERD while working at a Bay Area JSU Black College Expo booth. It was 6'5 honor roll student, Phillip Patrick Jr. who had a 3.6 GPA and 28 ACT score. Fort offered him a full-ride Presidential scholarship to Jackson State on the spot.· Phillip Patrick had played baseball all his life and thought he would have to continue playing in college on scholarship. When he received the full-ride, he told his mother he no longer wanted to play baseball, he wanted to be a brain surgeon.· Patrick Jr. majored in Biology Pre-Med and graduated from JSU in 2020. He is now in the 3rd year of a five-year medical program at UC Irvine Medical School where he will receive his Master's in Public Health and Medical Degree in Cardiac Anesthesiology. UC Irvine is fully financing his medicaldegree. He is engaged to a fellow Blerd who graduated from Howard University and is in Medical School at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Also debt free.· Fort advises his kids to leverage their B.L.E.R.D and secure their bag of money through graduate school.· He is especially passionate about young Black men from tough neighborhoods like he came from.· He is a big proponent of kids buying property as early as possible.· Fort says: “This is a spiritual calling. My mission is to rebuild our community, and it starts with young men because they are the ones who will be the providers for their families. We exist as an organization to build a healthy community that is Black, Educated, Resourceful, and Determined, and we are doing it one B.L.E.R.D at a time.”· Website: www.theblerdacademy.com, Instagram: TheBlerdAcademy #STRAW #BEST #SHMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Douglass Fort. He founded The Blerd Academy (Black Nerds). It's a wealth building program that helps High-Achieving Black-American youth get scholarships to HBCU's. They have secured over $8 million dollars in scholarships! Please welcome to Money Making Conversations Master Class Douglass Fort. Why did you start the Academy? What are some outcomes of the Academy? Why should the Black-American community highlight our nerds? · Since 2016 Fort has secured $8 million in scholarships for 63 high-achieving Black American students. Full-ride and tuition-only scholarships to HBCUs through graduate school.· PJ's sister, Marissa, also went through the program. She graduated Cum Laude from Hampton University with a degree in Accounting, earned a Master's degree from Columbia University all debt-free, and now works for Deloitte in New York City.· Other success stories: A Tennessee State U graduate now works in the front office for the NFL's Chicago Bears.· Two are Obama-Cheskey Voyager scholars.· Fort says: “We don't talk enough about Black scientists, mathematicians, and doctors. Only 1% of athletes make it to the NFL. We're hustling backward having our kids focus on sports over education.”· Criteria for the students he assists: a 3.5 GPA, a 28 ACT score, or a 1300 SAT score for a full-ride scholarship, or a minimum 3.2 GPA, a 23 ACT score, or an 1130 SAT score for tuition-only scholarships. AP and/or Honors classes, community service, and school leadership is also beneficial.· Since the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina struck down Affirmative Action in college admissions Fort has been busy.· Several HBCUs saw a surge in applications, including Washington D.C.'s Howard University, Clark-Atlanta University, which outpaced the University of Georgia, and Florida Agricultural Mechanical University (FAMU).· Fort says: Parents just don't know there is money and resources at these institutions for their high-achieving students, but they should because their kids have excelled in the classroom, and they deserve it.” MONEY MAKING CONVERSATIONS TALKING POINTSGuest: Douglass J. Fort, Founder, The BLERD Academy· Grew up in East Palo Alto, California· Liked school but got caught up in the streets· Was shot as a teen.· A childhood friend suggested he apply to Jackson State University. When he was accepted, hesitated, but did go.· Graduated from JSU. A Criminal Justice Major/Urban Affairs/Development minor. After graduation, he returned to East Palo Alto where he started the violence prevention program, For Youth By Youth.· Worked with law enforcement to help clean up Black neighborhoods.· His son received a full-ride athletic scholarship to Morehouse College but turned it down to play Division 1 Football at a PWI, and never played.· Doug was heartbroken that his son turned down Morehouse. A close friend told him he had to get over it and focus on kids who wanted the HBCU experience.· Founded The BLERD Academy, a combination of the words Black and Nerd in 2016 in Oakland; a non-profit wealth-building program that assists high-achieving Black American students graduate, debt-free from more than 100 HBCUs.· Found the first BLERD while working at a Bay Area JSU Black College Expo booth. It was 6'5 honor roll student, Phillip Patrick Jr. who had a 3.6 GPA and 28 ACT score. Fort offered him a full-ride Presidential scholarship to Jackson State on the spot.· Phillip Patrick had played baseball all his life and thought he would have to continue playing in college on scholarship. When he received the full-ride, he told his mother he no longer wanted to play baseball, he wanted to be a brain surgeon.· Patrick Jr. majored in Biology Pre-Med and graduated from JSU in 2020. He is now in the 3rd year of a five-year medical program at UC Irvine Medical School where he will receive his Master's in Public Health and Medical Degree in Cardiac Anesthesiology. UC Irvine is fully financing his medicaldegree. He is engaged to a fellow Blerd who graduated from Howard University and is in Medical School at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Also debt free.· Fort advises his kids to leverage their B.L.E.R.D and secure their bag of money through graduate school.· He is especially passionate about young Black men from tough neighborhoods like he came from.· He is a big proponent of kids buying property as early as possible.· Fort says: “This is a spiritual calling. My mission is to rebuild our community, and it starts with young men because they are the ones who will be the providers for their families. We exist as an organization to build a healthy community that is Black, Educated, Resourceful, and Determined, and we are doing it one B.L.E.R.D at a time.”· Website: www.theblerdacademy.com, Instagram: TheBlerdAcademy #STRAW #BEST #SHMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) initiatives have become ubiquitous on campuses and in workplaces across the nation, particularly after the death of George Floyd in late May 2020 and the rapid rise of "anti-racism" initiatives. These efforts, frequently using racially exclusionary or derogatory terminology and eligibility, were considered by some legal experts to be of doubtful legality. But after the Supreme Court's June 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and UNC (SFFA), DEI practices have come under expanded legal challenge. This program will examine the legal viability of race-focused DEI practices in light of SFFA, reviewing practices, challenges, and case developments.Featuring: Giovanni D. Cicione, Chair, Stephen Hopkins Center for Civil RightsNicole Levitt, Staff Attorney, Women Against Abuse Inc. (Moderator) Prof. William A. Jacobson, Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, and Founder of the Equal Protection Project (EqualProtect.org)CLE Cost:$25/Member$50/Non-MemberTo register for CLE credit, click the link at the top of the page. CLE Info
Josh Hammer explains Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis' latest legal defeat in today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" brings us back to this past Sunday's second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Will we ever get answers—or accountability? Today's "closing argument" then provides an update on the post-Students for Fair Admissions legal fallout in elite higher education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harvard released its admissions demographic data for the Class of 2028 last week. This year more so than many years past, those numbers were a big deal.Few things at Harvard are as tightly kept a secret as its admissions process. Every year, tens of thousands of applicants around the world hit submit, hope for the best. And then… it's sort of a black box. The applications get sent off through the portal. Harvard's admissions officers do their thing. And then on decision day, people get a yes, a maybe, or a no. At least, that's how it used to be. For the past decade, Harvard's admissions processes have been under the microscope. Its details scrutinized again, and again, and again — in the public eye, in a public controversy that made its way all the way up to the Supreme Court. It hinged on how Harvard thinks about race in its admission process, and whether its practices give preference to some racial groups more than others. On one end, we had SFFA: Students for Fair Admissions, led by a man named Ed Blum, alleging that Harvard's admissions affirmative action practices did unfairly advantage some racial groups more than others. That they did break the law. On the other, we had Harvard insisting that affirmative action was absolutely essential to creating a more diverse Harvard. That there'd be no way to maintain its diversity without it. In June of last year, after nearly a decade of lawsuits, the Supreme Court weighed in. In a decision that made waves around the world, the Supreme Court ruled SFFA's way. It said that Harvard would have to end all of its racial preferences in admissions. And Harvard said it would comply.So all eyes turned to Harvard's demographic numbers for the Class of 2028: the first class applied and admitted after the ruling. The first chance to see the ruling's true impact on the University. Last week, after being delayed for months, those numbers came out. If people thought those numbers would tell the whole story, they were disappointed. Because they didn't. But, if you looked closely, there was still a lot to see. And that's exactly what our reporters did. This week on Newstalk, Harvard's demographics for the class of 2028.
Welcome to Supreme Court Opinions. In this episode, you'll hear the Court's opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard College. In this case, the court considered this issue: May institutions of higher education use race as a factor in admissions? If so, does Harvard College's and UNC's race-conscious admissions process violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? The case was decided on June 29, 2023. The Supreme Court held that the Harvard and the UNC admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the 6-3 majority opinion. First, the Court concluded that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) had organizational standing because it is a voluntary membership organization with identifiable members who support its mission and whom SFFA represents in good faith. Second, while the original purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause was to ensure that laws apply equally to everyone, regardless of race, both the Supreme Court and the nation failed to uphold this principle, most notably in Plessy v Ferguson, which sanctioned “separate but equal” facilities. However, the landmark case Brown v Board of Education overturned this, and the equal protection principle has since expanded to various areas of life. Any exceptions to equal protection must satisfy “strict scrutiny”; that is, the government must show that the racial classification serves a compelling interest and is narrowly tailored to achieve that interest. In Regents of the University of California v Bakke, Justice Lewis Powell's opinion became the touchstone for evaluating the constitutionality of race-based admissions, reasoning that diversity in the student body could be a “compelling state interest,” but that race could only be used as a “plus” in admissions and not as a quota. In Grutter v Bollinger, the Court adopted Powell's viewpoint, while also setting limits to ensure race-based admissions did not result in stereotyping or harm to non-minority applicants, and stating that such race-based programs should eventually come to an end. Harvard's (and UNC's, in the consolidated case) race-based admissions systems fail to meet the strict scrutiny, non-stereotyping, and termination criteria established by Grutter and Bakke. Specifically, the universities could not demonstrate their compelling interests in a measurable way, failed to avoid racial stereotypes, and did not offer a logical endpoint for when race-based admissions would cease. As a result, the programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. However, the Court noted that nothing prohibits universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected the applicant's life, so long as that discussion is concretely tied to a quality of character or unique ability that the particular applicant can contribute to the university. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh each wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined (except Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case against Harvard). The opinion is presented here in its entirety, but with citations omitted. If you appreciate this episode, please subscribe. Thank you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scotus-opinions/support
By almost any measure, 2024 is a memorable year for employment and labor law — and it's only halfway done. Our timely report, Mid-Year 2024: Now + Next, takes a closer look at the recent rules, regulations and rulings affecting employers today, the rest of the year and beyond.
Join Franczek Attorneys Jenny Lee and Mike Warner for a focused discussion delving into the implications of the Supreme Court decision Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College. We will analyze the ruling's impact on affirmative action policies in higher education and discuss its broader ramifications for diversity and inclusion efforts in the workplace.
In the consolidated Students for Fair Admissions cases, the Supreme Court held unlawful the use of race in undergraduate admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Many colleges and universities have nonetheless indicated that they plan to circumvent the decision by using proxies for race instead. A 1978 Supreme Court case, Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing, held that using proxies for race to discriminate is generally as unlawful as using race itself. Arlington Heights also sets forth a test for identifying when a challenged policy is prohibited proxy discrimination. But the lower courts have applied Arlington Heights in different ways to challenged admissions policies, with some lower courts engaging in tough scrutiny of challenged policies and with others being much more deferential to assertions of benign intent.This panel addressed: is proxy discrimination unlawful under the Fourteenth Amendment? If yes, what is the right legal test -- Arlington Heights or something else? What challenged policies, if any, are prohibited proxy discrimination?
Lee Cheng is an attorney and civil rights activist who has fought discrimination against Asian Americans for three decades.Lee helped found the Asian American Legal Foundation and Asian American Coalition for Education. Most well known for its part in helping win the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in 2023 in which the court held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.As the Chief Legal Officer for Newegg, Lee was famously known as "chief troll hunter.” He was one of the few attorneys a decade ago to fight back against the multi-billion dollar patent troll industry and win.In this episode. we talk about Lee's fight against IP patent trolls and race-based affirmative action.
In this compelling episode of the Lake Forest Podcast, hosts Pete Jansons and Joe Weiss embark on a deep dive into the complex and often contentious dynamics between the local school administration and its critics. Key Moments: 0:002:51 Pre Show with Joe Weiss In Lake Forest South Naples Florida 4:02 Chicago Bears Accused of Favoring Minority, Female Law Students https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/chicago-bears-accused-of-favoring-minority-female-law-students https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/BresservTheChicagoBearsFootballClubIncetalDocketNo124cv02034NDIll?doc_id=XV0JVBSGCL9A6RS2O3JSSIB4TF 6:11 Asians sueing Harvard for discrimination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard#:~:text=harmed%20by%20it.-,In%202020%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Court%20of%20Appeals%20for%20the%20First,unduly%20discriminate%20against%20Asian%20Americans. 7:06 Is there raciisim in this country 8:50 NFL/NCAA Internship Group Picture Internship not one white male 9:04 Jamari Tansmore Lake College Forresters Clip 12:30 Busy couple weeks need to catch up 12:37 Vince Vega Clip 12:43 Matt Montgomery Superintendent Schools District 115 John Noble School Board President 115 13:06 Casimir pulaski day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski_Day 13:22 Jonathon Brandmeier https://brandmeiershow.com/ 13:52 Casimir pulaski horse statue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Casimir_Pulaski 14:51 People losing their minds in 2020 tearing down statues 15:17 Susan B Anthony Quote I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely... for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less. 16:32 1976 Election North vs South Ford vs Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election 17:50 Matt Montgomery Versus Parents Care and Frank Mccormick 18:08 Pete backed Parents Care at the beginning 8:35 John Trkla Sniffles 19:18 Why Pete is helping Ravinia Brewing Clip https://youtu.be/W4gUrtg0Jv0 Prue Beidler Could have been the Nancy Rotering of Lake Forest as Mayor 19:42 Nancy Rotering Tweet Prue Beidler 20:20 Highland Park City Council Division/Split 20:35 Prents Care and Matt Montgomery 20:47 Petes Perception of Parents Care as finger pointers who offer no solutions 21:00 Frank Mccormicks Social Media Posts 21:19 Grooming is the new Right Wing Buzz word 22:10 Executive Director Parents Care Frank Mccormick X account Chalkboard Heresy  @CBHeresy posts 24:25 Matt Montgomery and FOIA process delayed releasing information 26:20 With the new Pass The Trash law can we look at current school employees and see if there are issues? 27:20 Petes Beef with Parents care is they offer no solutions 29:05 Petes reasons for disconnecting with Parents Care 33:55 The lake Forest Podcast is like a online Public House 36:18 Anthony Vega Clerk Lake County Show https://youtu.be/U5ySOUn7r4U hit a home run on the lake forest podcast 37:13 Safe T Act was brought up to vote with very little time to examine 38:25 When mail in ballots get counted late at night 41:05 Was Trump victory fixed with last minute votes counted? 43:10 60 Minutes Mothers of Liberty Books Banning and Imigration Segments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNaw_ZPsg7E https://youtu.be/HWDOzN76fNU?si=t71VdBqo93bL_zUe 46:15 Was Superintendent Matt Montgomery Insubordinate for not listening to School Board President John Noble regarding "Opposition" email? 50:18 Say Thanks To John Noble for MOntgomery Pay Raise 50:45 Old Lake forest High School President now in Highland Park 51:10 What Joe is hearing about the Parents Care Show 51:38 Parents Care on Video Spending 55:00 Why not use Steven Douglass and New Media Unit to do the videos for the school cinstruction? 55:30 Connor Clark Clip --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakeforestpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakeforestpodcast/support
This week we are sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center. In this episode, prize-winning historians Kate Masur, author of Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction, and Dylan Penningroth, author of the new book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, explore the central role of African Americans in the struggle for justice and equality long before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Resources: Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction (2022) Dylan Penningroth, Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights (2023) Article IV, Section 2: Movement Of Persons Throughout the Union, Privileges and Immunities Clause, National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution 14th Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause, National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution Dylan Penningroth, The Claims of Kinfolk: African American Property and Community in the Nineteenth-Century South (2003) Kate Masur, An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C (2010) Brief of Professors of History and Law as Amici Curia in Support of Respondents, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard and UNC Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today's conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.
Introduction by Greg Burnep ... What does affirmative action mean in 2023? ... Randy's distinction between “disadvantage” and “discrimination” ... Diversity's double-talk ... Did the Supreme Court say discrimination is allowed at military academies? ... Glenn: Affirmative action distracts us from bigger problems ... Affirmative action is an elite problem ... Affirmative action as an insurance policy ... The stigmatization of affirmative action beneficiaries ... Glenn: Affirmative action has been a net positive, but it's time to stop ... Q&A: Does historical injustice alone justify affirmative action? ... Q&A: Can and should colleges use loopholes to get around Students for Fair Admissions? ... Q&A: Does the “need” for affirmative action say something race or education? ... Q&A: What is the impact of SFFA beyond the university? ... Q&A: What about class-based affirmative action? ...
Joe Selvaggi discusses the implications of the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case for race and ethnicity-based programs with David Bernstein, a Distinguished Law Professor at George Mason University and an Adjunct Fellow at the CATO Institute. Guest: David E. Bernstein holds a University Professorship chair at the Antonin Scalia Law School, where he […]
Thomas Sowell, age 93, is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution. With his usual fierceness and feistiness intact, Dr. Sowell returns to Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson for a second round of discussion on his latest book (he's published over 40 titles over his career), Social Justice Fallacies. In this installment, Dr. Sowell discusses in great detail the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and his decades-long friendship with Justice Clarence Thomas. Dr. Sowell also reacts to some YouTube videos of young people reacting to him.
This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education. That means colleges and universities can no longer consider a student applicant's race when building their student bodies.The decision was a victory for Edward Blum, the legal activist who founded Students for Fair Admissions. The organization won the landmark case it brought against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.Now, Blum and other conservative legal firms, have set their sights on diversity efforts in corporate America.We discuss the legal challenges against venture capital funds, law firm fellowships, and federal contracting programs that all aim to uplift Black professionals and businesses.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find out how to connect with us by visiting our website.
The Supreme Court has overturned one of our nation's only proactive strategies for addressing its foundational sin. But what's worse, the most annoying guy on the cross country team just lost his last best excuse for why he didn't get into Harvard. Enjoy SUNY Binghamton, Bronckton!If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're not hearing every episode! To get exclusive Premium-only episodes, access to our Slack community, and more, join at fivefourpod.com/support.5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. Rachel Ward is our producer. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.Follow the show at @fivefourpod on most platforms. On Twitter, find Peter @The_Law_Boy and Rhiannon @AywaRhiannon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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John: Let's be honest about what “taking race into account” means in affirmative action ... Glenn: How can anyone argue that race-based affirmative action doesn't violate the 14th Amendment? ... Why are we so focused on elite institutions? ... John: The University of California works just fine without “racial preferences” ... “You're pulling the ladder up behind you” is an invalid critique ... John: The fact that racism exists does not justify changing standards ... Why Roland Fryer thinks we should put our money where our mouth is on race and education ... Will the post-Students for Fair Admissions future turn into a Hardship Olympics? ...
It was a big week for the Supreme Court. Among other far-reaching decisions, the justices stuck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and ruled race-conscious admissions programs unconstitutional. We’ll get into the ways these decisions might be felt throughout the economy and look at the likely next shoe to drop. Later, we’ll play a Fourth of July-themed game of This or That, complete with pyrotechnics! Here’s everything we talked about today: “Ending Affirmative Action May Be Just the Beginning” from Politico “Supreme Court will decide whether domestic abusers can have guns” from Politico “Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College” from the U.S. Supreme Court “Military Academies Exempt From Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling” from The Wall Street Journal Become a new Investor or rejoin today and your donation will be matched! https://support.marketplace.org/smart-sn
*****Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/v2xdg7m-bret-and-heather-180th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html*****In this 180th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.We begin by discussing Bret's 2021 conversation with RFK Jr., which DarkHorse released this week—why the delay, and what revelations are therein? Then we discuss adjuvants in killed virus vaccines, and whether the intentional awakening of the immune system with adjuvants may contribute to allergies. And we discuss affirmative action, in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision this week, which found in a 6 – 3 decision that using race as a factor in college admissions is unlawful. Reviewing some of the relevant legal history—the ratification of the 14th Amendment (1868), Plessy v Ferguson (1896), Brown v Board of Education (1954), University of California v Bakke (1978), and Grutter v Bollinger (2003)—we then discuss the opinions put forth by both the majority and dissent in this case.*****Our sponsors:Biom: NOBS is a different, superior kind of toothpaste. Try it, you'll never go back. Go to www.betterbiom.com/darkhorse to get 15% off your first month supply, until July 17, 2023.American Hartford Gold: Get up to $5,000 of free silver on your first qualifying order. Call 866-828-1117 or text “DARKHORSE” to 998899.Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Visit https://seed.com/darkhorse, and use code darkhorse, to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic.*****Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3atCheck out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.orgHeather's newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.comFind more from us on Bret's website (https://bretweinstein.net) or Heather's website (http://heatherheying.com).Become a member of the DarkHorse LiveStreams, and get access to an additional Q&A livestream every month. Join at Heather's Patreon.Like this content? Subscribe to the channel, like this video, follow us on twitter (@BretWeinstein, @HeatherEHeying), and consider helping us out by contributing to either of our Patreons or Bret's Paypal.Looking for clips from #DarkHorseLivestreams? Check out our other channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWCKUrmvK5F_ynBY_CMlIATheme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.*****Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v2xdh70-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-180th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.htmlMentioned in this episode:Supreme Court Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard / UNC, decided June 29, 2023: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/supreme-court-decision-on-race-based-admissions/0a725aaabb459074/full.pdfUC Regents v Bakke: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/regents_of_the_university_of_california_v_bakke_(1978)Grutter v Bollinger: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/grutter_v_bollinger_(2003)Support the show
(0:00) Bestie intros: Friedberg fills in as moderator! (2:45) Wagner Group rebellion (23:15) SCOTUS strikes down Affirmative Action (51:03) Databricks acquires MosaicML for $1.3B, Inflection raises $1.3B (1:09:35) IRL shuts down after faking 95% of users, Byju's seeks to raise emergency $1B as founder control in jeopardy (1:26:38) Science Corner: Understanding the NANOGrav findings Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/22/politics/ukraine-counteroffensive-western-assessment/index.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-wagner-russia-treason-coup-b2363430.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-rating-russia https://www.levada.ru/en/ratings https://twitter.com/MatreshkaRF/status/1673209794608365570 https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/la-vie-en-rose-why-kremlin-blacklisted-levada-center https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/world/africa/central-african-republic-wagner-africa-syria.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-rejects-affirmative-action-at-colleges-says-schools-cant-consider-race-in-admission.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1674426520100814848 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361 https://www.wsj.com/articles/databricks-strikes-1-3-billion-deal-for-generative-ai-startup-mosaicml-fdcefc06 https://www.snowflake.com/blog/snowflake-acquires-neeva-to-accelerate-search-in-the-data-cloud-through-generative-ai https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/06/29/inflection-ai-raises-1-billion-for-chatbot-pi https://www.theinformation.com/articles/social-app-irl-which-raised-200-million-shuts-down-after-ceo-misconduct-probe https://www.theinformation.com/articles/softbank-backed-messaging-app-irl-says-it-has-20-million-users-some-employees-have-doubts-about-that https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-27/byju-s-seeks-to-raise-1-billion-to-sidestep-shareholder-revolt https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/27/prosus-byjus-markdown https://twitter.com/shaig/status/1673836979903950851 https://www.ft.com/content/b8a4214f-7f64-4d3a-97c4-4731f2effb0d https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1674469606746992651 https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/my-conversation-with-robert-f-kennedy https://www.quantamagazine.org/an-enormous-gravity-hum-moves-through-the-universe-20230628 https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/116
The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court ruled that Lori Smith—a Christian web-site designer—is not legally obligated to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch argues: “Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance”…“But, as this Court has long held, the opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties and part of what keeps our Republic strong.” You can read more about the court's decision here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-designer-who-refuses-to-make-same-sex-wedding-websites/ In his concurring opinion in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote: “While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: that all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law.” In response to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent, Thomas argues: “race-infused world view falls flat at each step. Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives. A contrary, myopic world view based on individuals' skin color to the total exclusion of their personal choices is nothing short of racial determinism.” You can read an abbreviated version of Justice Thomas' concurring opinion here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-it-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-delivers-must-read-opinion-in-affirmative-action-ruling and read the court's opinion here: https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/supreme-court-decision-in-unc-admissions-case-1.pdf Appearing on Fox News with Lawrence Jones, St. Phillips College biology professor Johnson Varkey revealed that he was fired for teaching that X and Y chromosomes determine gender. Attorney Jonathon Scruggs— Senior counsel and vice president of litigation strategy and the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Supreme Court's decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis which determined that Lori Smith, a Christian web-site designer, is not legally obligated to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. Alliance Defending Freedom provided legal representation for Smith. You can learn more about the case here: https://adflegal.org/case/303-creative-v-elenis Dr. Nicole Saphier—board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist, professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, & Fox News contributor—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss health news and vaccine hesitancy arising following the COVID-19 vaccine mandates. 6pm Hour: Rich fills-in for Mark Levin!
The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (06/30/2023): 3:05pm- In a six to three decision released on Friday, the Supreme Court rejected the Biden Administration's claim that under the Heroes Act—adopted after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2002—the executive branch possesses the unilateral authority to erase an estimated $430 billion in student loan debt. Writing the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts explained that, in erasing student loan debt, the White House had attempted to “rewrite” the Heroes Act “from the ground up.” Jess Bavin of The Wall Street Journal summarizes Roberts' argument: “Roberts highlighted the hardship that fell on those who hadn't taken on student debt. Imagine, he said, a high-school graduate who borrowed money to set up a lawn-care business, while a classmate instead went to college on a student loan.” You can read more about the court's decision in Biden v. Nebraska here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-54a1ca7 3:15pm- In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court ruled that Lori Smith—a Christian web-site designer—is not legally obligated to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch argues: “Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance”…“But, as this Court has long held, the opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties and part of what keeps our Republic strong.” You can read more about the court's decision here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-designer-who-refuses-to-make-same-sex-wedding-websites/ 3:30pm- While appearing on MSNBC, GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis claimed that the Supreme Court's decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis provided a “license to discriminate” and accused them of “taking away rights” from LGBTQ+. 3:40pm- Attorney Ilya Shapiro— Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute & Author of “Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to breakdown the Supreme Court's landmark decisions regarding student-loan forgiveness (Biden v. Nebraska) and religious freedom (303 Creative v. Elenis). 3:50pm- The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes of wide-spread delays at the airport over July 4th weekend: “Americans are looking forward to summer vacation and included in the package: A scenic view of the tarmac at LaGuardia airport. The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming travel mayhem this week on thunderstorms, but the underlying reason you'll pay more to arrive late to the beach is decades of government mismanagement.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/airport-flight-delays-federal-aviation-administration-pete-buttigieg-chuck-schumer-government-7c83f7a2?mod=opinion_lead_pos1 4:05pm- Andy Bloom—President of Andy Bloom Communications & Contributor to Broad + Liberty—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent editorial, “Don't Let Pennsylvania Replicate the Minnesota Mess.” You can read the full editorial here: https://broadandliberty.com/2023/06/22/andy-bloom-dont-let-pennsylvania-replicate-the-minnesota-mess/ 4:15pm- Following the release of the Supreme Court's decision in the student-loan forgiveness case Biden v. Nebraska, President Joe Biden held a press conference from the Roosevelt Room of the White House where he spoke critically of the court's verdict. At the conclusion of the press briefing, Biden was asked about a State Department report which found the Biden Administration had mishandled the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan during the summer of 2020. You can read more about the State Department's report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/30/afghanistan-withdrawal-state-department-report/ 4:35pm- At a press conference to address the Supreme Court's decision in Biden v. Nebraska, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said that, while he accepts the court's decision, his department will seek a new method to alleviate the debt burden placed on students. In Biden v. Nebraska the Supreme court rejected the Biden Administration's argument that the executive branch could unilaterally cancel student loan debts via the Heroes Act. 4:50pm- CNN commentator Van Jones referred to the Supreme Court's recent rulings as a “tragedy.” 5:05pm- In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court ruled that Lori Smith—a Christian web-site designer—is not legally obligated to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch argues: “Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance”…“But, as this Court has long held, the opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties and part of what keeps our Republic strong.” You can read more about the court's decision here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-designer-who-refuses-to-make-same-sex-wedding-websites/ 5:15pm- In his concurring opinion in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote: “While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: that all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law.” In response to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent, Thomas argues: “race-infused world view falls flat at each step. Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives. A contrary, myopic world view based on individuals' skin color to the total exclusion of their personal choices is nothing short of racial determinism.” You can read an abbreviated version of Justice Thomas' concurring opinion here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-it-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-delivers-must-read-opinion-in-affirmative-action-ruling and read the court's opinion here: https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/supreme-court-decision-in-unc-admissions-case-1.pdf 5:30pm- Appearing on Fox News with Lawrence Jones, St. Phillips College biology professor Johnson Varkey revealed that he was fired for teaching that X and Y chromosomes determine gender. 5:35pm- Attorney Jonathon Scruggs— Senior counsel and vice president of litigation strategy and the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Supreme Court's decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis which determined that Lori Smith, a Christian web-site designer, is not legally obligated to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. Alliance Defending Freedom provided legal representation for Smith. You can learn more about the case here: https://adflegal.org/case/303-creative-v-elenis 5:50pm- Dr. Nicole Saphier—board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist, professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, & Fox News contributor—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss health news and vaccine hesitancy arising following the COVID-19 vaccine mandates. 6pm Hour: Rich fills-in for Mark Levin!
Today the Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, declaring admissions programs that consider race to be in violation of the 14th Amendment. Melissa, Kate, and Leah break down the Chief Justice's opinion, Justice Thomas's galling concurrence, and the brilliant dissents by Justice Jackson and Justice Sotomayor.Listen to our recap of the hours and hours of oral arguments in these cases: "Affirmative Action Reaction"Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Threads, and Bluesky
In a contentious decision, the Supreme Court shuts down affirmative action in universities... or does it? How impactful, really, is the decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard? It's complicated. After weeks (months? Years?) of anxious anticipation, Sarah and David dig into this term's blockbuster decision: -Is this a big deal? -They justices can't agree about the universe of facts -Harvard's response -The arbitrariness of check boxes -A different kind of affirmative action -Justice Thomas' concurrence (and legacy) -Justice Sotomayor's dissent -...paved with good intentions. -Wonder Bread Alito Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: Jonathon Butcher— Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his article in The Daily Signal, “Supreme Court Bans Racial Preferences In College Admissions.” Butcher writes: “Results from a Pew Research survey released earlier this month found that 82% of respondents do not think that race or ethnicity should be a factor in college admissions. Seventy-one percent of black respondents and 81% of Hispanic respondents agree.” You can read the full article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/29/what-you-need-know-supreme-courts-new-ban-racial-preferences-college-admissions/ According to an article written by Joseph A. Wulfshon of Fox News, The New York Times ostensibly confirmed reports from IRS whistleblowers alleging U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss had told multiple witness that “he could not bring charges against Hunter Biden in California or Washington D.C.” However, it took The New York Times twenty-one paragraphs before revealing that those allegation had been independently verified. You can read Wulfshon's article here: https://www.foxnews.com/media/nyt-confirms-irs-whistleblower-claim-hunter-biden-probe-buries-21st-paragraph-report On Wednesday night, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower Gary Shapley spoke with Fox News' Brett Baier. Shapley claimed that he has documented conversations indicating U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss did not have final say in prosecutorial decisions—which contradicts Attorney General Merrick Garland's claims. Christopher Tremoglie—commentary writer for The Washington Post—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent opinion editorial, “Moms for Liberty Supporters Were Doxxed and Physically Threatened.” You can read the editorial here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/moms-for-liberty-supporters-were-doxxed-and-physically-threatened In response to the Supreme Court's decision in Student for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, President Joe Biden condemned the end of race-based admissions—imploring universities to consider “diverse backgrounds” when making admissions decisions. When asked if the Supreme Court had turned “rogue,” Biden insisted “this is not a normal court.”
The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Comedian Jocelyn Chia joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about how she was recently “canceled” for a joke she made during a stand-up show earlier this month. In her recent Newsweek op-ed, Jocelyn writes: “On June 5, the Comedy Cellar posted a clip from a show I had done in which I depicted Malaysia as the ex who broke up with Singapore—the country I grew up in—and Singapore was now having a ‘glow-up.' The clip was performing very well, but when I posted the same one on my social media on Tuesday morning, things started to take a nasty turn…By Tuesday night, I was getting calls, messages, and emails from Malaysians cursing me out, issuing threats, and demanding an apology…By Thursday, the Singapore Foreign Minister had apologized to Malaysia for my joke.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.newsweek.com/comedian-canceled-joke-1809220 In reaction to the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions, NAACP President Derrick Johnson said, “the worst thing about affirmative action is that it created Clarence Thomas.” The fight between billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg appears to be cancelled. No one wants to see the new Indiana Jones movie. PLUS, President Joe Biden has an unforgettable appearance on MSNBC with Nicole Wallace.
The Supreme Court is considering two Affirmative Action cases. An announcement is expected soon for Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The outcome could end race as an admission factor in higher education. Is Affirmative Action constitutional, and what should you know about these cases? Ken Tashjy served as a former general counsel for over 20 years for higher education institutions. He's also a Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow and adjunct instructor at Suffolk University. Ken joins the show to break down these cases and their impact on higher education. Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Supreme Court is considering two Affirmative Action cases. An announcement is expected soon for Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The outcome could end race as an admission factor in higher education. Is Affirmative Action constitutional, and what should you know about these cases? Ken Tashjy served as a former general counsel for over 20 years for higher education institutions. He's also a Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow and adjunct instructor at Suffolk University. Ken joins the show to break down these cases and their impact on higher education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To many Americans, Clarence Thomas makes no sense. For more than 30 years on the Court, he seems to have been on a mission — to take away rights that benefit Black people. As a young man, though, Thomas listened to records of Malcolm X speeches on a loop and strongly identified with the tenets of Black Nationalism. This week on More Perfect, we dig into his writings and lectures, talk to scholars and confidants, and explore his past, all in an attempt to answer: what does Clarence Thomas think Clarence Thomas is doing? Voices in the episode include: • Juan Williams — Senior Political Analyst at Fox News • Corey Robin — Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center • Angela Onwuachi-Willig — Dean of Boston University School of Law • Stephen F. Smith — Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School Learn more: • 1993: Graham v. Collins • 1994: Holder v. Hall • 1999: Chicago v. Morales • 2003: Grutter v. Bollinger • 2022: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College • 2022: Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina • “The Enigma of Clarence Thomas” by Corey Robin • “Black Conservatives, Center Stage” by Juan Williams • “Just Another Brother on the SCT?: What Justice Clarence Thomas Teaches Us About the Influence of Racial Identity” by Angela Onwuachi-Willig • “Clarence X?: The Black Nationalist Behind Justice Thomas's Constitutionalism” by Stephen F. Smith • “My Grandfather's Son” by Justice Clarence Thomas Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project by Justia and the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School. Support for More Perfect is provided in part by The Smart Family Fund. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @moreperfectpodcast, and Twitter @moreperfect.
Kenny Xu has spent his life fighting discrimination, he famously suing Harvard for their bias against Asian applicants. Now he is focused on ending DEI in healthcare. Kenny is the the President of Color Us United, a board member of Students for Fair Admissions and the author of ‘An Inconvenient Minority'. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.www.dailywire.com/SHOP
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