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ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 5
The Argot of Equality: On the Importance of Disentangling “Diversity” and “Remediation” As Justifications for Race-Conscious Government Action
The rules governing “benign” forms of race-conscious government action are easy to state but very difficult to apply in practice. A great deal of…
Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr -
NoteVol. 87 · Iss. 3
Pics, Grutter, and Elite Public Secondary Education: Using Race As a Means in Selective Admissions
Every year, Newsweek publishes a list of the top one hundred public high schools in the country that excludes many prestigious public schools. Instead,…
Samar A. Katnani -
NoteVol. 88 · Iss. 5
Revisiting Class-Based Affirmative Action in Government Contracting
The Article highlights the existing class-based alternatives to affirmative action in government contracting based on races in the U.S. in 2011. It discusses the…
Jarrod D. Reece -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 3
Gayffirmative Action: The Constitutionality of Sexual Orientation-Based Affirmative Action Policies
Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court established a consistency principle in its race-based equal protection cases. That principle requires courts to apply the…
Peter Nicolas -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
In early 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led what would become known as the “Birmingham Campaign” with the Southern Leadership Conference in which…
Paulette Brown -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 6
Crossing Doctrines: Conflating Standing and the Merits Under the Establishment Clause
In American Legion v. American Humanist Ass’n, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a thirty-two-foot tall Latin cross honoring soldiers killed during World War I…
Ashutosh Bhagwat