In a significant blow to affirmative action, the Supreme Court recently delivered a groundbreaking ruling. What made it even more noteworthy was the blistering dissent voiced by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s first Black female justice. In her dissent, Justice Jackson not only expressed her disagreement with the majority opinion, but also engaged …
Chief Justice John Roberts penned the majority opinion for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action, but it is Justice Clarence Thomas who may relish the moment the most. As one of only three Black Supreme Court justices in American history, Thomas has consistently opposed affirmative action policies. Despite having personally benefited from …
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, expressed his intention to nominate Supreme Court justices who align with the conservative beliefs of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito if he were to win the presidency in 2024. Speaking at the conservative Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DeSantis received applause for his statement. He …
Associate Justice Samuel Alito (L), and founder, president and co-CEO of Elliott Management, Paul Singer (R) Reuters (L) | CNBC (R) Senate Democrats have strongly criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for not disclosing his trip on a private plane owned by hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer as a gift. Alito had traveled with Singer to …
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) expressed his concern over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s response to the ethics questions surrounding a luxury fishing trip. Whitehouse believes that Alito’s excuses only made the situation worse. Earlier this week, Alito preemptively defended himself against ethics allegations in The Wall Street Journal, prior to ProPublica publishing their report. The …
In 2003, Barbara Grutter, a white woman from Michigan, filed a lawsuit after being rejected by the University of Michigan Law School, a school known for actively seeking a racially diverse student body. The resulting landmark case, Grutter v. Bollinger, caught national attention and sparked debates about affirmative action. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled …