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Don’t drag us into Manipur conflict, Naga apex body warns

The United Naga Council (UNC), an apex body of 20 Naga tribes, has warned “vested interests” against dragging the Nagas into the ongoing conflict in Manipur.

The Hindu

What it Will Take to Make Government Color-Blind

Achieving this goal will require a lot more than banning racial preferences in college admissions. That includes some measures that will make the political right uncomfortable, as well as the left.

Reason

Justice Sotomayor and the Manipulation of "Race"

Justice Sotomayor decides who is a person of color based on whether it supports her views regarding structural racism.

Reason

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Optimism around UNC women’s basketball buoyed by roster additions, growth of the sport

There are still another three-and-a-half months until North Carolina women’s basketball gets under way for the 2023-24 season, but head coach Courtney Banghart said she’s already excited about where this year’s Tar Heels team could go.

Tribune News Service

Striking a blow against affirmative action in America

The U.S. seeks to eliminate all distinctions based on race universally, which is a narrow view of equality and which prevents broad-based race conscious measures

The Hindu

Editorial: The Supreme Court’s solution for racial bias is to pretend it doesn’t exist

The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on Thursday that race-conscious college admissions programs are unlawful was widely expected but still deeply discouraging.

Tribune News Service

Just The Facts, Ma'am

The importance of the trial records in Students for Fair Admissions and 303 Creative

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In Defense of KBJ's Harvard "Recusal"

Justice Jackson demonstrates why the usual recusal rules will not work for the Supreme Court.

Reason

A Lawyer Who Litigated Grutter Comments on the Court's College Admission Racial Preferences Cases

I've known Michael Rosman at the Center for Individual Rights for almost 30 years; he has litigated many important cases, including with regard to racial preferences, and was one of the lawyers in Grutter v. Bollinger. I'm therefore delighted to pass along his short reactions to Students for Fair Admission…

Reason

Kentucky Native and Supreme Court Testifier Has Concerns Over Affirmative Action Ruling

A Kentucky man who testified in front of the nation’s high court on Affirmative Action is concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday that struck down programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard.

WEKU

Supreme Court’s Black justices spar over affirmative action

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s two Black justices sparred over the meaning and impact of race in dueling opinions on the majority’s decision to curtail affirmative action programs at universities.

Tribune News Service

A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.

The Conversation

Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Ruling in the Harvard and UNC Racial Preferences Cases

A preliminary assessment of today's decisions. The majority rightly struck a blow against the use of racial preferences for purposes of advancing "diversity" in education. But there are some flaws in its reasoning.

Reason

Of Course Legacy Admissions Should Follow Affirmative Action to the Grave

There is no reason for public universities to grant preferential treatment to the scions of their alumni.

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Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 'Eliminating Racial Discrimination Means Eliminating All of It'

In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.

WEKU

Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

Salon

KBJ torches affirmative action ruling

The “visibly angry” justice said Thomas “ignites too many straw men to list”

WEKU

Read the Supreme Court decision reversing decades of precedent on affirmative action

The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions are unconstitutional in a pair of cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read the full opinion.

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The Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

The Court's core ruling is unsurprising, but its future effects are uncertain.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, banning colleges from factoring race in admissions

In a 6 -3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled higher education institutions may not consider race as a factor in admissions

WEKU

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

Roll Call

Supreme Court limits use of race in college admissions decisions - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted how colleges can use race in admissions decisions, in a decision that struck down two programs.

Tribune News Service

Mike Krzyzewski discusses Duke, Dean Smith and future of college basketball

DURHAM, N.C. — In March 1980, in his introductory press conference as the men’s basketball head coach at Duke, a 33-year-old Mike Krzyzewski was asked by a reporter to confirm the spelling of his last name.

Tribune News Service

The first ACC-SEC basketball challenge is set, with some intriguing matchups

One of the ACC’s recent Final Four participants will play at Kentucky in the first ACC-SEC Challenge men’s basketball event this November, but it’s not a highly speculated game involving Duke or North Carolina.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Way-too-early 2024 WNBA Draft big board, from Cameron Brink to Angel Reese

If Caitlin Clark declares, she's probably a slam-dunk lock to go first overall.

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