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US appeals court upheld University of Texas affirmative action policy [this day at law]
January 18, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On January 18, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously upheld the University of Texas at Austin's affirmative action policy of giving weight to race in admissions decisions. The plaintiffs, two Caucasian students, were denied admission in 2008 and claimed violation of due.... [more]
Unbridled Use of Race in School Admissions Must be Curtailed [comment]
October 9, 2012 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, says that the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admissions policy must be disallowed because the policy only has a minimal effect on the composition of the student body and the.... [more]
US government urges Supreme Court to uphold university affirmative action policy
August 14, 2012 by Max Slater
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court on Monday to uphold a policy at the University of Texas (UT) that considers applicants' race in its admissions criteria. The case involves a white applicant to UT who argues that she was denied admission to the school because of her race, in.... [more]
Repealing Proposition 209 Benefits Underprivileged Students [comment]
March 16, 2012 by Sean Gallagher
JURIST Guest Columnist Frances Contreras, Director of the Higher Eduction Program at the University of Washington, says repealing Proposition 209 in California would reinstate a vital admissions tool for underprivileged students...The passage of Proposition 209 in California has resulted in.... [more]
Affirmative Action and Equal Protection in College Admissions [op-ed]
March 5, 2012 by David Mulock
JURIST Guest Columnist William Araiza of the Brooklyn Law School says that if either the Ninth or Sixth Circuit strikes down state constitutional amendments ending affirmative action in college admissions using older lines of Supreme Court case law, the Supreme Court will likely grant certiorari.... [more]
FISA and the Battle Between National Security and Privacy [op-ed]
February 17, 2012 by David Mulock
JURIST Guest Columnist Jimmy Gurulé of the University of Notre Dame Law School says that Congress may have chosen to protect national security interests over the rights of criminal defendants in allowing a lower standard of constitutional protections under FISA...Defendant Mohanad Shareef Hamma....... [more]
Federal court upheld Hawaii school admissions policy [this day at law]
December 5, 2011 by Cynthia Miley
On December 5, 2006, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled en banc that the Kamehameha Schools could utilize an admissions policy that gave priority to Native Hawaiian students. The private schools were established in 1883 and educate about 5,100 students from kindergarten through.... [more]
California governor vetoes affirmative action bill
October 9, 2011 by Alexandra Malatesta
California Governor Jerry Brown Saturday vetoed a bill that would have allowed public colleges and universities to consider demographic factors such as race during the admissions process. The bill, introduced by Senator Ed Hernandez, would have effectively overturned ballot measure Proposition.... [more]
Supreme Court limited judges' sentencing discretion [this day at law]
March 7, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On March 7, 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in Shepard v. United States that judges passing sentence are confined to information in the charging document, the terms of plea agreements, and the admissions made by the defendant to the trial judge in reaching a sentencing determination. The.... [more]
US appeals court upholds University of Texas affirmative action policy
January 19, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously ruled Tuesday to uphold the affirmative action policy of considering race in student admissions at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). The plaintiffs, two Caucasian students, were denied undergraduate admission to UT in 2008, and.... [more]
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