The Senate's Role in the Confirmation of Executive Officials
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University discusses the role of the Senate in the confirmation of executive nominees under the new administration... Controversies involving many of the persons nominated by President...
Supreme Court hears argument on Promega patent infringement suit
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Life Technologies v. Promega to decide whether 1) a corporation can be held liable for actively encouraging the assembly of components of a patented invention when...
Supreme Court upholds race-conscious college admissions program
The US Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the university's race-conscious admissions program is lawful. Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin...
Supreme Court hears arguments on racial preference in university admissions
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the use of racial preference in undergraduate university admissions. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin the court must decide whether the University...
Class Is Where It's At: Affirmative Action and College Admissions in the 21st Century
JURIST Guest Columnist Evan Jaffe of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016, is the fourth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Jaffe discusses whether economic and...
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Corrections on Thursday said that a death row inmate has requested death by electrocution for the first time in nearly twenty years. The inmate, Wayne Doty, was sentenced ...
Supreme Court agrees to hear affirmative action, 3 other cases
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin , Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin (UT...
Challenger to Texas affirmative action program files new appeal with Supreme Court
Lawyers for Abigail Noel Fisher filed a new appeal before the US Supreme Court Wednesday, challenging, for a second time, the University of Texas affirmative action program. This prolonged legal battle began...
Affirmative action lawsuit challenges Harvard, UNC-Chapel Hill admission policies
Lawsuits were filed in Massachusetts and North Carolina federal district courts against Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, arguing that affirmative action policies...
Federal appeals court denies rehearing in landmark affirmative action case
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday denied Abigail Fisher's petition for a rehearing en banc in the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin . The...
