Because Harvard is not a public state school, this case isn't about whether affirmative action is unconstitutional. But, as the panel writes, the statutory analysis is coextensive with a 14th Amendment analysis.pic.twitter.com/hbUxM1cXNj
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Because Harvard is not a public state school, this case isn't about whether affirmative action is unconstitutional. But, as the panel writes, the statutory analysis is coextensive with a 14th Amendment analysis.pic.twitter.com/hbUxM1cXNj
Meanwhile the same group that brought the statutory challenge to Harvard's affirmative action admission practices challenge also brought the constitutional challenge to UNC's affirmative action admissions practices, and that trial just started this week:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/affirmative-action-north-carolina.html …
When SCOTUS declares Harvard's (and with it, all private schools taking fed dollars) affirmative action practices illegal, then it's just one small step to declaring UNC's (and with it, all state schools') affirmative action practices unconstitutional soon thereafter.
If Ed Blum's lawyers (who are also President Trump's lawyers) hustle, maybe they can get this case to SCOTUS for a decision by the end of June. But more likely they'll hear the case next fall.pic.twitter.com/My270dEjSQ
Who's Ed Blum, you ask?https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/us/affirmative-action-lawsuits.html …
While you all may contest my view that Roberts would assign the opinion to Thomas rather than to himself, we can all agree that Breyer will assign the dissent to Sotomayor.
Nah, JGR assigns this one to himself.
Democrats should bring a similar challenge against legacy preference, which is actually what creates massively uneven admissions at elite schools.
And athletics, who at the Ivies are mostly rich white kids from prep school.https://gocrimson.com/sports/mens-sailing …
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