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When the Supreme Court decided Students for Fair Admissions (the Harvard affirmative action case) last week, the decision encompassed 237 pages of analysis in the various opinions. A couple of things stand out. One...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ended the practice of using race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The case sparked a flurry of opinions encompassing 237 pages, including Clarence Thomas’s 58 page concurrence and Justice Sotomayor’s...
Civics / current events / education policy / U.S. History
by derekr1024 · Published October 12, 2022
I ran across a good discussion on a podcast about how to discuss controversial issues in classrooms. It involves several teachers, including Robert Pondiscio who is a fellow at AEI, and a Texas state...
Today, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. While appearing to be relatively straightforward, the case had something of a complex history. Kennedy had previously led voluntary prayers with...
As I’m sure you are aware by now, a draft opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (the Mississippi abortion case) was leaked ahead of the Supreme Court’s official decision. The opinion, authored...
The jury returned a not guilty verdict yesterday in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Rittenhouse was accused of murder after he took a loaded AR-15 rifle into an area of Kenosha, WI in August of...
by Derek Regensburger · Published September 3, 2021 · Last modified September 7, 2021
The Supreme Court on Wednesday night refused to issue a preliminary injunction staying the new Texas abortion law, SB 8, that prohibits most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy where a fetal...
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