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Volokh Conspiracy Holiday Gifts—2022

Gift ideas for the VC readers in your life!

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National Review's Rich Lowry and Washington Post's Megan McCardle on American Racial Classifications

Lowry: It's not just that colleges and universities discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, and national origin. They do it badly. This is one of the themes that emerged in the oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative-action cases last week.…

Reason

The Supreme Court's Options in the Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

The conservative majority on the Court is highly likely to rule against the two schools' use of racial preferences in admissions. But there are several different ways it could do so, which have different implications for future cases.

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The Arbitrariness of Racial Classifications Gets Attention as SCOTUS Considers Affirmative Action

I did not time my book on racial classifications to coincide with litigation over affirmative action. Indeed, the book is not about affirmative action, and much of the book has nothing directly to do with it. Of course, though, it turns out that you can't talk about the post-World War…

Reason

U.C. Berkeley School of Law Faculty Statement in Support of Jewish Law Students

Given David Bernstein's and my posts here on this controversy, I thought I'd pass along this statement from various UC Berkeley Law School faculty members, which was released late last week: We hereby endorse the principle of free and open speech at the law school. This includes the fundamental principle…

Reason

Some "Classified" Events

Some upcoming events, plus a new review and a podcast.

Reason

Publication Day for Classified, and a Special Offer for Our Readers

Get a special gift if you buy Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America today.

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Recent Books on the Constitution

My seminar picks for 2022 (and every year since 2005)

Reason

‘He would get high before teaching’: how Mills College gave birth to music’s boldest minds

Fuelled by psychedelic counterculture, the Californian university has nurtured Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson and more – and caused riots at its concerts. But can it survive?

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool on the receiving end of yet another greedy FA decision

The Football Association has a chequered history when it comes to Liverpool and FA Cup semi-finals

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool FC icon whose marquee January transfer failure sent Man City on the road to ruin

Robbie Fowler joined Man City 19 years ago in a what was a huge statement of intent but the transfer did unexpected damage.

Manchester Evening News

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