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The 15th Annual Harlan Institute Virtual Supreme Court Competition

Teams of high school students will present arguments about the constitutionality of the Texas Ten Commandments Law.

Reason · 19h ago

Why the Right Should Celebrate the UT-Austin Football Photo

For decades, conservative and libertarian legal activists worked to ban race preferences in admissions. They won.

Reason · Sep 17

Justice Sotomayor Asks "Have You Studied The People" In SCOTUS Cases.

I have. Conservative litigants are vilified. Liberal litigants are celebrated.

Reason · Jan 15

The 12th Annual Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court

Teams of two HS students will write a brief and present oral arguments on Moody v. NetChoice.

Reason · Oct 2, 2023

Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here's how

Myths about affirmative action being discriminatory against Asian Americans helped spread a narrative that college admissions meant to increase diversity were actually racist.

WEKU · Jul 2, 2023

For most Asian Americans, diversity is a core value – even if a loud minority contests it

Edward Blum’s group used Asian Americans for display to serve a longstanding anti-affirmative action agenda

The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2023

UT-Austin only Texas public university affected by Supreme Court’s ending use of race in admissions

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 29, 2023

How the Supreme Court has ruled in the past about affirmative action

Since its first major decision on the subject in 1978, the court has repeatedly upheld universities' ability to consider the race of applicants as one of many factors in admissions decisions.

WEKU · Nov 1, 2022

From Bakke to Fisher, evolution of affirmative action cases

When the Supreme Court takes up the issue of affirmative action again Monday, it'll be for the second time in six years

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2022

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

The University of North Carolina was once a bastion of segregation

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022