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“Diversity Is A Faddish Theory”: According To Clarence Thomas, Affirmative...
Today, the Supreme Court sent the University of Texas’ affirmative action program back for a lower court for review by a vote of 7-1. Justice Clarence Thomas concurred in that decision but also wrote a...
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“Serious Equal-Protection Concerns”: Justice Sotomayor’s Powerful Defense Of...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld a provision of Michigan’s constitution that bans the state or any of its subdivisions from “grant[ing] preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis...
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“Republicans’ Coup de Grace On Voting Rights?”: Putting The Interests Of The...
Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case called Evenwel v. Abbott. The case involves an issue of increasing importance to American politics: congressional districting. It got to the...
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“People’s Legislative Power”: Arizona’s Nonpartisan Redistricting Plan Is A...
In a significant victory for election reform advocates, a unanimous Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s redistricting plan, which had been challenged by Republicans. The case comes just a year after the...
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