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Winks, Nods, Disguises-and Racial Preference

By Carl Cohen

Commentary Magazine, September 1, 2003

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, when the case of Bakke v. University of California arrived before the U.S. Supreme Court, it was widely anticipated that the Justices would at last resolve an issue that had been bedeviling the country for years: the permissibility of preference by

$2 awarded in housing case

Mathys not liable; Fresno to pay nominal amount

By Jerry Bier

The Fresno Bee, August 30, 2003

A $27 million lawsuit ended at a couple of dollars Friday.

A federal court jury decided in favor of former City Council Member Chris Mathys and at the same time concluded that any damage caused by a

Diversity D’oh

Some tactical stumbles on the way to the Michigan debacle

By John J. Miller

National Review, July 28, 2003

The Supreme Court delivered a huge blow to equal opportunity on June 23, but the two cases involving “diversity” at the University of Michigan may have been lost well before then. That’s because the

How campus censors squelch freedom of speech

Under the guise of enforcing vague rules against racial or sexual ‘harassment,’ censorship is thriving

By Stuart Taylor Jr.

The National Journal, July 14, 2003

Steve Hinkle, a student at California Polytechnic State University, was posting fliers around campus last November 12 that advertised a speech to be given the next evening. The

So much for equal protection

By Nat Hentoff

The Washington Times, July 14, 2003

Amid the hosannas for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s decision making diversity in college admissions a compelling state interest, and therefore constitutional, a NewYork Times editorial celebrated the court’s majority having “essentially ratified an existing national consensus”by “barring quotas and rigid formulas.” Neither statement

Student disciplined for posting flyer advertising speech by black writer

By Hannity & Colmes

FOX News Channel, July 8, 2003

HANNITY: But first, a California Polytech student was charged and found guilty of a disruption of a campus event after posting a flier advertising a speech by Mason Weaver, the author of the new book “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation.” Now

The Michigan Civil Rights Act: A Racial Privacy Initiative

Announcing the Michigan Civil Rights Act.

By Ward Connerly

National Review Online, July 8, 2003

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the text of a speech Ward Connerly delivered at the University of Michigan today to announce the start of a Michigan Civil Rights Initiative campaign, supporting a ballot initiative to end racial preferences in

GRUTTER: The Road to Further Litigation

Michigan Impossible

By Peter Kirsanow

National Review Online, July 7, 2003

The cheers from the pro-preference crowd after the issuance of the Supreme Court’s Michigan decisions (“Michigan”), Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, are wildly premature. The strain of crafting an opinion upholding a baldly unconstitutional racial-preference program may have caused the

Cal Poly punishes student for ‘disruption’

By Lou Marano

United Press International, July 2, 2003

At a time when civil libertarians are increasingly concerned about campus restrictions on free expression, California Polytechnic State University has found a white student guilty of “disruption” for trying to post a flier in a public area where a group of black students

Michigan impossible

Grutter compliance may be a problem

By Peter Kirsanow

National Review Online, July 1, 2003

The cheers from the pro-preference crowd after the issuance of the Supreme Court’s Michigan decisions (“Michigan”), Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, are wildly premature. The strain of crafting an opinion upholding a baldly unconstitutional racial-preference program may have caused the