#affirmative-action

#affirmative-action

Slow Burn, Slate's critically acclaimed narrative podcast exploring the most pivotal moments in American history, will return this May with "Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas."Hosting our eighth season is Joel Anderson, a voice that will be familiar to Slow Burn fans.This season, Anderson will trace Thomas' surprising path from youthful radical to conservative icon.

WASHINGTON  The future of affirmative action in higher education will be on the line in a pair of cases to be argued at the Supreme Court on Monday challenging race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.The court has repeatedly upheld similar programs, most recently in 2016, saying that educational diversity is a compelling interest that justifies taking account of race as one factor among many in admissions decisions.

When Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered her commencement address to American University law students on Saturday, she leaned on an unexpected source for life advice: The reality television show Survivor.I am a Survivor' superfan, Jackson told graduates of the American University Washington College of Law in her first commencement speech since her elevation to the high court.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday took a break from the middle of a contentious Supreme Court term to console a law student disillusioned with the American justice system.Wrong things can be changed, Sotomayor told the student, Lauren Burgess, adding: So don't give up, OK? Sotomayor addressed the audience at Fordham Law School in New York by video from a conference room at the Supreme Court building in Washington, where the justices had met behind closed doors for their regular conference an hour before.

With college admissions season upon us, a question comes to mind: Has there ever been a concept so repugnant as the private college counselor?From the start, the odds in college admissions are stacked in favor of the rich.Roughly 4 in 10 kids born into a family in the top .1% of the income distribution will go on to attend one of the top 80 schools in Barron's rankings.

Progressive advocates are calling for an end to legacy considerations in the college admissions process as the Supreme Court has indicated it is open to striking down a race-conscious admissions policy that advocates say has led to crucial advancements in equality in higher education.By the way, my Congressman, @JamaalBowmanNY, has a bill in Congress RIGHT NOW to ban legacy status from being used as a factor in college admissions.

Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday night that he wants to assure the public that the Supreme Court is committed to adhering to the highest standards of conduct, appearing to direct his remarks at critics of the high court amid recent ethics controversies.We are continuing to look at things we can do to give practical effect to that commitment, and I am confident that there are ways to do that that are consistent with our status as an independent branch of government under the separation of powers, Roberts told an audience gathered in Washington, DC, for an event hosted by the American Law Institute, where he received a medal honoring the late Judge Henry J. Friendly.

Tom Felton in 1995 and in 2022, recreating the older photo of him reading a book called The Art Of Getting Even Tom Felton in 1995 and 2022.Later photograph: Pal Hansen/The Guardian.Styling: Andie Redman.Grooming: Frankie Nail.Archive photograph: courtesy of Tom Felton Born in Surrey in 1987, actor Tom Felton is best known for his role as peroxide-blond baddie Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.

When the Supreme Court first ruled that universities could consider race in their admissions process, in 1978's Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the nine justices wrote six opinions between them.The court's divisions were suggestive of an enduring uncertainty in the debate about affirmative action, which will return to the Supreme Court in oral arguments next week: Even among its supporters there isn't always a consensus over what affirmation action is for.

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
Stanford University is siding with Harvard in a Supreme Court case challenging the Ivy League school's use of race as a factor in admissions - a practice that critics say discriminates against Asian Americans.In a brief filed with the high court, Stanford said that it and other "highly selective" universities use race as "one factor among many" in selecting students from large pools of qualified applicants.