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Guest Commentary: Moving Beyond the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Moving Beyond the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings

The work to ensure educational opportunities for people of color continues, despite the court’s decision. ...

The work to ensure educational opportunities for people of color continues, despite the court’s decision. By Sarah Hinger At the end of its term, the Supreme Court upended established equal protection ...

July 16, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Business leaders Sign Amicus Supporting Affirmative Action

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 07, 2023
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Business leaders Sign Amicus Supporting Affirmative Action

Excerpts from the full amici… INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici are business stakeholders in the American an ...

Excerpts from the full amici… INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici are business stakeholders in the American and global economies. Amici operate across a range of industries—including technology, finance, h ...

July 07, 2023
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Commentary: How Much Will the Affirmative Action Ruling Change Things?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2023
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Commentary: How Much Will the Affirmative Action Ruling Change Things?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When Prop. 209 passed in 1996 ending affirmative action in Califor ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When Prop. 209 passed in 1996 ending affirmative action in California, many were concerned that it would not only cut off a path to equity but cut off the abilit ...

July 04, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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UC Leaders, May and Drake, Condemn Ending Affirmative Action

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 30, 2023
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UC Leaders, May and Drake, Condemn Ending Affirmative Action

UC President Drake Expresses Disappointment By Michael V. Drake, M.D We are disappointed in the U.S. Supr ...

UC President Drake Expresses Disappointment By Michael V. Drake, M.D We are disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to bar the use of race in college admissions, a valuable practice that has ...

June 30, 2023
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National Education Association Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions Decisions

Posted by Minh Nguyen
|Date: November 03, 2022
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National Education Association Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions Decisions

By Tommy Nguyen WASHINGTON, DC - Early this week, the U.S, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two case ...

By Tommy Nguyen WASHINGTON, DC - Early this week, the U.S, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Student ...

November 03, 2022
| by Minh Nguyen

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SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by Naya Wiezel
|Date: October 30, 2022
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SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

By Naya Wiezel WASHINGTON - Two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies, or “affirmative act ...

By Naya Wiezel WASHINGTON - Two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies, or “affirmative action,” will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Halloween, Oct. 31. The two cases, Students fo ...

October 30, 2022
| by Naya Wiezel

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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: February 26, 2022
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies

By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admiss ...

By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admissions at two prestigious American Universities. As politicians consider what factors drove the r ...

February 26, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 05, 2020
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Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions

By Dylan Ferguson and Anika Khubchandani SACRAMENTO – Propositions 17, 20, and 25 on the ballot Tuesday a ...

By Dylan Ferguson and Anika Khubchandani SACRAMENTO – Propositions 17, 20, and 25 on the ballot Tuesday all featured attempts to reform California’s criminal justice system—and not necessarily in a go ...

November 05, 2020
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California State Senate Votes to Put a Measure on the Ballot That Would Restore CA Affirmative Action

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 25, 2020
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California State Senate Votes to Put a Measure on the Ballot That Would Restore CA Affirmative Action

By Mella Bettag SACRAMENTO – The California Senate followed calls for racial justice Wednesday, and passe ...

By Mella Bettag SACRAMENTO – The California Senate followed calls for racial justice Wednesday, and passed a bill that, if the voters approve in November, could eventually allow for affirmative action ...

June 25, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 06, 2020
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After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee

Cop Reform Lawmaker Claims Consumer and People of Color/Women Committee Wins VANGUARD CAPITOL STAFF REPOR ...

Cop Reform Lawmaker Claims Consumer and People of Color/Women Committee Wins VANGUARD CAPITOL STAFF REPORTS SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego) – fresh off major police reform v ...

May 06, 2020
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Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: March 11, 2020
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Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action

By Danielle Silva SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. (D - San Diego), and several organi ...

By Danielle Silva SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. (D - San Diego), and several organizations announced The California Act for Economic Prosperity which would repeal Prop. 209 and “ ...

March 11, 2020
| by Danielle Silva

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In Defense of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 02, 2018
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In Defense of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman In November 2014, Students for Fair Admissions, an organization founded and led ...

By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman In November 2014, Students for Fair Admissions, an organization founded and led by Edward Blum as part of his ongoing opposition to civil rights and racial equality, sued Har ...

September 02, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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What Impact Will Justice Scalia’s Comments Have on Affirmative Action?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2015
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What Impact Will Justice Scalia’s Comments Have on Affirmative Action?

The New York Times and other observers believe a Texas affirmative action plan “seemed to be in trouble a ...

The New York Times and other observers believe a Texas affirmative action plan “seemed to be in trouble at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.” They noted, “By the end of an unusually long and tense argum ...

December 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Another View of Campus Protest and the Need for Safe Spaces

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2015
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Analysis: Another View of Campus Protest and the Need for Safe Spaces

One of the more balanced accounts of the campus protest controversy comes from Cornell Law Professor Mich ...

One of the more balanced accounts of the campus protest controversy comes from Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf published November 18 in Verdict. Professor Dorf notes that recent protests against ad ...

November 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Moving Beyond the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings

Guest Commentary: Moving Beyond the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings

Business leaders Sign Amicus Supporting Affirmative Action

Business leaders Sign Amicus Supporting Affirmative Action

Commentary: How Much Will the Affirmative Action Ruling Change Things?

Commentary: How Much Will the Affirmative Action Ruling Change Things?

UC Leaders, May and Drake, Condemn Ending Affirmative Action

UC Leaders, May and Drake, Condemn Ending Affirmative Action

National Education Association Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions Decisions

National Education Association Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions Decisions

SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions

Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions

California State Senate Votes to Put a Measure on the Ballot That Would Restore CA Affirmative Action

California State Senate Votes to Put a Measure on the Ballot That Would Restore CA Affirmative Action

After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee

After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee

Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action

Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action

In Defense of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

In Defense of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

What Impact Will Justice Scalia’s Comments Have on Affirmative Action?

What Impact Will Justice Scalia’s Comments Have on Affirmative Action?

Analysis: Another View of Campus Protest and the Need for Safe Spaces

Analysis: Another View of Campus Protest and the Need for Safe Spaces

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