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Acting in the Affirmative

Ralph Conner

The Washington Times / July 19, 2009

Although Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor recently promised she would adhere to the U.S. Constitution and the precedents established by the Supreme ... (read more)

Sotomayor and Affirmative Action

Maureen Martin

The American Spectator / July 15, 2009

Is Judge Sonia Sotomayor a product of grinding poverty and beneficiary of affirmative action, and now a victim of its unintended consequences? Or has she ... (read more)

Experts Applaud Supreme Court’s Decision in New Haven Discrimination Suit

Maureen Martin

News Release / The Heartland Institute / June 30, 2009

The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision issued on Monday, June 29, 2009, ruled the City of New Haven, Connecticut violated Title VII of the federal ... (read more)

Satellite Radio Racial Set-Asides Under Fire

Krystle Russin

InfoTech & Telecom News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline of its mandate requiring Sirius XM satellite radio to lease part of its spectrum to minority ... (read more)

Parents Involved in Community Schools vs. Seattle School District No.1

Supreme Court of The United States

Supreme Court of The United States / June 28, 2007

The school districts in these cases voluntarily adopted student assignment plans that rely upon race to determine which public schools certain children ... (read more)

Beyond Affirmative Action

By Joseph Mathewson

News & Views / The New Coalition for Economic and Social Change / December 01, 2006

This essay, written as a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune in 1998, cites Lee Walker and reflects Walker's thinking on the controversial subject ... (read more)

Beyond Affirmative Action

Joseph Mathewson

Chicago Tribune / Chicago Tribune / April 24, 1998

The angry affirmative-action dispute between the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and its official advisory committees in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, well ... (read more)

Affirmative-Action Foe Calls Off Repeal Bill for More Study

Christi Parsons

Chicago Tribune / Chicago Tribune / November 11, 1995

SPRINGFIELD--The conservative Republican lawmaker who last spring called for the repeal of affirmative action programs in Illinois now says the matter needs ... (read more)