Special-ed parents win in court
Parents of disabled students can seek reimbursement for private school tuition, even if their child didn’t receive special education services in public school, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week....
View ArticleBeyond race-based affirmative action
After oral arguments today in Fisher vs. University of Texas, many think the U.S. Supreme Court will limit, if not eliminate, universities’ ability to use race in admissions. The plaintiff, Abigail...
View ArticleDiversity without racial preferences
Can Diversity Survive Without Affirmative Action? The Supreme Court will rule soon on whether the University of Texas can use race and ethnicity in admissions, points out the New York Times‘ Room for...
View ArticleRace-based admissions faces ‘strict scrutiny’
The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t reject the University of Texas’ race-conscious admissions plan outright, as many had expected. However, justices voted 7 to 1 to send the Fisher ase back to a lower court...
View ArticleCourt upholds ban on racial preferences
States can ban racial preferences in university admissions ruled the U.S. Supreme Court today on a 6-2 vote. The case involves a Michigan initiative passed by voters. “This case is not about how the...
View ArticleShakespeare in court
Why read Shakespeare? Familiarity with the Bard will help understand Supreme Court opinions, writes Sasha Volokh. Justice Scalia writes in various places in his King v. Burwell dissent:...
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