Tag: Affirmative action

CNN's Michael Smerconish explains how a lawsuit charging that Harvard limits the amount of qualified Asian-American it admits could bring change to the entire system. #CNN #News

Harvard's affirmative action policy has come under fire for resulting in discrimination against Asian-American applicants; insight on 'The Story.' FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business…

As President Trump decides to withdraw Obama-era guidance that ensured diversity in school communities, Ali Velshi breaks down what affirmative action is and speaks with the Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Catherine Lhamon, on how a blow…

The Trump administration rescinded a set of Obama-era policies that promoted using race to achieve diversity in schools, teeing up new battle lines over admissions standards.

'War on Standards': Stats appear to show that medical schools are not considering all medical students equally and are putting diversity before quality. Vijay Chokal-Ingam, who's of Indian heritage, says he presented himself as African-American, and it helped him get…

The Trump Administration rescinds guidance that encouraged colleges to consider race during the admissions process; Garrett Tenney reports. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news.…

The Obama administration issued the guidance to promote diversity on college campuses; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business…

The Trump administration is planning to rescind a set of Obama-era policies that promote using race to achieve diversity in schools, a source familiar with the plans tells CNN.

Donald Trump is considering which of his conservative picks for the supreme court he will to nominate to take the seat vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy this week. During a pivotal reconsideration of the rights secured by Roe v Wade in 1992, Kennedy upset the anti-abortion movement by casting the crucial vote to uphold a woman’s right to choose. He defended it again 2006. Trump’s shortlist has more conservative legal minds, many of whom have been open about their anti-choice views. In 2016, however, Kennedy’s vote proved pivotal when the court upheld the University of Texas’s affirmative action programs, which used race as one of its admissions factors. LGBT rights Kennedy might be best known for penning the majority opinion in Lawrence v Texas in 2003, which argued for respect for the private lives of a gay couple and subsequently all couples, same-sex or not. He followed that up with writing the majority opinion of the court in Obergefell v Hodges providing the legal basis for same-sex marriage. The current fifth circuit court judge and former Texas supreme court judge Don Willett, who is on the shortlist, mocked same-sex marriage in a tweet that said: “I could support recognizing a constitutional right to marry bacon.” Civil rights and national security On two separate occasions, Kennedy demonstrated his penchant for retaining the writ of habeas corpus, the right for a person in detention to challenge that detention if they deem it to be unlawful. In the case of Rasul v Bush he concurred with the majority that Congress should ensure that Guantánamo prisoners can petition for habeas corpus. America has Justice Kennedy to thank for penning that decision.