A Return to Segregated Education
The controversy surrounding social equalization and economic reparative measures such as affirmative action and other methods of achieving racial integration have been persistent areas of debate for...
View ArticleRJP Releases Supreme Court Report for October 2007 Term
The Racial Justice Project is pleased to announce its Supreme Court Report for the October 2007 Term. The Court had 19 new cases on its docket, including three that dealt with issues of racial justice....
View ArticleSupreme Court Addresses Unfairness in Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
In early December the Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Kimbrough v. United States, effectively restoring drug sentencing discretion to district court judges. The decision permits judges to...
View ArticleBarrier to the Ballot
The right to vote is a fundamental right that goes to the core of an individual’s liberty. A right so sacred that it is protected by both the 15th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1954. Earlier...
View ArticleRJP Releases Supreme Court Report for October 2008 Term
The Racial Justice Project is pleased to announce its Supreme Court Report for the October 2008 Term. The report previews the coming term, with a focus on those cases with implications for racial...
View ArticleEndangering Title VII
On June 29, 2009, the last day of the United States Supreme Court’s 2008–09 term, the Court rendered the much anticipated decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, 129 S. Ct. 2658, 174 L. Ed. 2d 490 (2009)....
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Rules Washington Voting Law Violates Federal Voting...
On January 5, 2010, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted summary judgment to a minority group of Washington citizens who had been convicted of felonies and alleged that the state’s felon...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds University of Texas Race-Conscious Admissions...
On January 18, 2011, with Fisher v. Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals restated the constitutionality of the University of Texas’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process. The...
View ArticleA Return to Segregated Education
The controversy surrounding social equalization and economic reparative measures such as affirmative action and other methods of achieving racial integration have been persistent areas of debate for...
View ArticleRJP Releases Supreme Court Report for October 2007 Term
The Racial Justice Project is pleased to announce its Supreme Court Report for the October 2007 Term. The Court had 19 new cases on its docket, including three that dealt with issues of racial justice....
View ArticleSupreme Court Addresses Unfairness in Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
In early December the Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Kimbrough v. United States, effectively restoring drug sentencing discretion to district court judges. The decision permits judges to...
View ArticleBarrier to the Ballot
The right to vote is a fundamental right that goes to the core of an individual’s liberty. A right so sacred that it is protected by both the 15th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1954. Earlier...
View ArticleRJP Releases Supreme Court Report for October 2008 Term
The Racial Justice Project is pleased to announce its Supreme Court Report for the October 2008 Term. The report previews the coming term, with a focus on those cases with implications for racial...
View ArticleEndangering Title VII
On June 29, 2009, the last day of the United States Supreme Court’s 2008–09 term, the Court rendered the much anticipated decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, 129 S. Ct. 2658, 174 L. Ed. 2d 490 (2009)....
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Rules Washington Voting Law Violates Federal Voting...
On January 5, 2010, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted summary judgment to a minority group of Washington citizens who had been convicted of felonies and alleged that the state’s felon...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds University of Texas Race-Conscious Admissions...
On January 18, 2011, with Fisher v. Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals restated the constitutionality of the University of Texas’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process. The...
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