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PLF case discussed in the Wall Street Journal

April 01, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Joshua Thompson The Wall Street Journal published a story on the Fisher v. University of Texas case earlier this week.  The briefing has now concluded in that case, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals should be setting an oral argument date shortly.  PLF filed a amicus brief in the case which was joined … ...

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What’s so compelling about diversity anyway?

July 13, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Joshua Thompson PLF recently filed a brief in Fisher v. University of Texas. There, two white female students are challenging the admissions process at the University of Texas that grants preferences to black and Hispanic students. In our brief (in which we are joined by the American Civil Rights Institute, the National Association of R ...

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Attorney General Holder : Preferences now, preferences tomorrow, preferences forever!

March 14, 2012 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

In 1963, nearly a decade after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared racial segregation of school children to be unconstitutional, the newly elected governor of Alabama, George Wallace, gave a speech in favor of state sponsored discrimination. To this day, that speech is a symbol of the close minded, fearful,  ...

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Roger Clegg puts the AP in its place

April 24, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

Over the weekend, the Associated Press put a very silly “report” on campus diversity in California.  The “report” notes that: The effects of California’s ban, known as Proposition 209, are particularly evident at the world-renowned University of California, Berkeley campus, where the student body is highly diverse but ...

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The University of Texas spends (an additional) $1 million on attorneys in Fisher

May 01, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

It has been widely reported that the University of Texas has decided to forgo representation from the Texas Attorney General’s Office in Fisher.  Instead, the University is going to spend $1 million on outside counsel.  That price tag is for one opposition brief and the oral argument.  Doesn’t one million dollars seem a bit high?  ...

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Quote of the day : Abigail Therstrom

May 23, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

From her interview with the Wall Street Journal: After the passage in 1996 of California’s Proposition 209, which banned the use of race and ethnicity in public university admissions in that state, “the system as a whole did not lose blacks, and minority graduation rates went up. Nobody wants to talk about that. All that … ...

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The Supreme Court should overrule Grutter

May 29, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

Today, Pacific Legal Foundation filed its brief in the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas. As you know, PLF has been heavily involved in Fisher for almost three years. We did a video on the case.  I authored these two articles on the case.  We appeared on NPR and wrote op-eds.  And, of … ...

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U.S. Supreme Court’s October calendar features two PLF amicus cases

July 24, 2012 | By BRIAN HODGES

The U.S. Supreme Court’s October calendar is shaping up to be another blockbuster for PLF.  Not only will the Court hear arguments in the challenge to the University of Texas at Austin’s use of racial classifications in Fisher v. University of Texas, but it also scheduled oral argument in the temporary taking case, Arkansas Game ̷ ...

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Supreme Court cases we’re waiting for

June 03, 2013 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

It’s June, and that means Supreme Court season. Over the coming weeks we’ll be looking for decisions in some crucial cases involving constitutional protections for property rights, racial equality, and other matters central to PLF’s mission. Here’s what we’re waiting for: … ...