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Affirmative Action Kicked Off Busy Week for SCOTUS

Constitutional Law Reporter

The primary issue in both cases is whether the Court should reverse its decision in Grutter v. Decisions in all of the cases are expected before the Court’s term ends in June. The post Affirmative Action Kicked Off Busy Week for SCOTUS appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Bollinger , 539 U.S. 306 (2003).

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Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. In 2014, Freed updated his Facebook page to reflect his position as city manager of Port Huron, Michigan. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. In Lindke v. Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S.

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The Affirmative Aftermath: Schools Now Insist that Race had a Major Impact in Admissions

JonathanTurley

Since the 1970s, the Supreme Court has ruled that race could not be a determinative or major factor in admissions. Bakke, the Court ruled against affirmative action. In Regents of the University of California v. In his plurality decision, then-Justice Lewis F. In the 2003 decision in Grutter v.

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Unanimous Court Rules FTCA Bars Suit Against Federal Officers

Constitutional Law Reporter

S. _ (2021), the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act barred college student James King’s claims of police brutality. The Court unanimously held that the district court’s dismissal of King’s claims under the FTCA triggered the “judgment bar” in 28 U.S.C. In Brownback v.

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“Bakke to the Future”: Supreme Court Reconsiders Affirmative Action with a conservative Majority

JonathanTurley

As a teenage congressional page, I was one of the faces in that crowd gathered around the court in October 1977 to watch history being made. In Bakke, the court ruled against affirmative action in a fractured decision. Back then, the justices considered two different admissions programs at the University of Michigan.

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Could The Arrest of FBI Agent Undermine The Whitmer Kidnapping Case?

JonathanTurley

However, Trask was also key to the arrest of men in the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. In the Michigan case, six men are charged with a conspiracy that involved kidnapping Whitmer but news outlets like BuzzFeed News have raised serious concerns over how much of the conspiracy was directed and facilitated by the FBI.

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Court Rules Michigan Secretary of State Broke State Law On Absentee Ballot Guidelines Before 2020 Election

JonathanTurley

The litigation over the 2020 election seem to be continuing with a ruling this week from Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) broke state law in issuing new rules on absentee balloting before the 2020 election. Here is the opinion: Genetski v.