A few months back I reported on the case of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Kaplan Higher Education Corporation (Kaplan). This is the case where Kaplan instituted a policy of running credit checks for applicants to certain positions that … Continue reading
This morning we learned that some “civil rights groups,” — i.e. groups that think skin color should factor into government decision making — have complained to the City of Santa Clara, the NFL, and, the San Francisco 49ers, that there are … Continue reading
Earlier this week I participated in oral argument before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for our case in Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter v. California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). As a condition of taking federal highway … Continue reading
Last Friday I explained the Sixth Circuit’s embarrassing decision to strike down Michigan’s Proposal 2. President of the National Association of Scholars (and longtime PLF friend) Peter Wood, has been assembling similar reactions to the Sixth Circuit’s decision. For example, here … Continue reading
Following Obama’s victory last week, Ilya Somin of the Volokh Conspiracy wrote that “it’s certainly a sign that racism has greatly declined, and that African-Americans are more fully accepted in mainstream American society than ever before.” There is a certain … Continue reading
Here at Pacific Legal Foundation, we have been following the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case for years. The oral argument is now a little over a week away. I will be traveling to the Supreme Court that … Continue reading
Yesterday, the State of California filed this brief in support of the University of Texas in Fisher v. Univerity of Texas at Austin. It is quite the embarassment. Most of the brief is the usual, to-be-expected leftist pseudo-science touting the benefits … Continue reading