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Some Thoughts on Last Week's Oral Argument in the Affirmative Action Cases

I was asked to give some brief remarks on the affirmative action cases at a panel discussion at the University of Baltimore today. I typed up some notes, and I thought they were worth sharing: I think at least seven Justices, including Kagan on the left, converged on the notion…

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College basketball preview: UNC, Gonzaga, Houston looking great; Big Ten, not so much

Let’s look at 10 storylines for the new season.

Chicago Sun-Times

Andrew Carter: This is NC’s weirdest college football season in recent memory — and maybe its most fun

Well, things are officially getting weird. Have been for a while, actually, but Saturday cemented it: This is now the wildest, strangest college football season in recent memory in North Carolina.

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Tell the Supreme Court: We still need affirmative action

Some conservatives would like to retire affirmative action because they claim it’s accomplished everything it set out to do. But it hasn’t. Not even close.

Chicago Sun-Times

UNC comes from behind on road to beat Virginia, 31-28

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — No. 17 North Carolina trailed at halftime for the third consecutive game and for the third straight time owned the second half as it won, 31-28, at Virginia on Saturday at Scott Stadium.

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UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis haunted — and energized — by national title loss

North Carolina’s 1991 Final Four loss to Kansas antagonized Hubert Davis as a player so much that he said he repeatedly watched a replay of it annually until he, as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, was part of the Tar Heels’ 2017 national title team.

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Scott Fowler: ESPN’s Jay Bilas on hoops, Duke-UNC and tangling with Barney the Dinosaur

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas, ESPN’s leading college basketball analyst, is this week’s interview subject for “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.”

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Colloquy on the Arbitrariness of Racial Classification in Monday's Oral Argument

In the oral argument from SFFS v. UNC, Justice Alito raised the question, highlighted in my amicus brief and book, of whether the racial and ethnic classifications used by UNC and other universities are so arbitrary as to be unconstitutional. I have posted the colloquy below. Two comments: (1) Justice…

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A Remarkable Moment at Oral Argument in the UNC Affirmative Action Case

Counsel for UNC did not know which box students of Middle Eastern Origin are supposed to check.

Reason

Ranking All 363 Teams in Men’s College Basketball

SI’s annual preseason list is here, with insights on the expectations of dozens of programs across the country.

Sports Illustrated

Editorial: Don’t worry, children of privilege. Supreme Court won’t end affirmative action for you

It’s not true that the U.S. Supreme Court is about to end affirmative action in college admissions.

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How dubious 'local news' sites are feeding US misinformation

Washington (AFP) - When Elon Musk amplified a conspiracy theory about the hammer attack on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, he joined the growing ranks of Americans routinely sharing misinformation published by dubious websites presenting themselves as local news outlets.

AFP

Ketanji Brown Jackson grills lawyer in case seeking to end affirmative action

Newest member of US supreme court seems to reject idea that affirmative action in university admissions is unconstitutional

The Guardian - US

Ticket Prices Peak Ahead of College Football Playoff Rankings

National Championship Game ticket reservation prices for Tennessee rose 50% ahead of the team’s clash with Georgia.

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Top 10 Men’s College Hoops Games to Circle in 2022–23

From the Champions Classic to conference showdowns, these are the matchups you don’t want to miss.

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November isn’t just for basketball. NC college football teams enter final month with hope

The state of college football in North Carolina entering November brings to mind a humorous meme. Perhaps you’ve seen it on Twitter, or elsewhere. It’s the one with an elderly-looking man getting held up near his car. He pretends to suffer a medical emergency and pleads with his would-be robber…

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Review of Oral Argument in Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

My Justice-by-Justice breakdown.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

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The Supreme Court could end affirmative action in higher ed. Here’s how it might affect local schools.

The court heard two cases Monday challenging affirmative action in college admissions. A June decision could impact admissions next fall.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Tennessee rolls again, Auburn fires Bryan Harsin and whatever that was in Charlottesville: Winners and losers from Week 9 of the college football season

Which is spookier: Tennessee's offense or Bryan Harsin's buyout?

AFP

US Supreme Court's right wing skeptical of using race in college admissions

Washington (AFP) - The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised on Monday to ban the use of race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding who gets into America's elite universities.

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices raise doubts about using race in college admissions

The high court’s conservatives all expressed doubts about the practice, while the three liberals defended the programs, which are similar to those used by many private and public universities.

Reason

The Supreme Court Could End Affirmative Action

In the two cases, brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions argues that race-conscious admissions violate the Civil Rights Act

AFP

US Supreme Court's right-wing skeptical of using race in college admissions

Washington (AFP) - The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised on Monday to ban the use of race as a factor in deciding who gets into America's elite universities.

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