rump group of left-leaning legal scholars and education experts find themselves in unusual position of seeing upsides in its defeat. MORE

Nov. 21, 2012

Editorial applauds federal appeals court decision striking down Michigan's ban on race-conscious affirmative action policies; argues such bans violate United States Constitution's equal protection clause; warns issue is not settled, and Supreme Court may be persuaded to review it in light of conflicts in circuit courts. MORE

Nov. 16, 2012

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rules, 8 to 7, that Michigan's voter-approved 2006 ban on affirmative action was unconstitutional. MORE

Nov. 4, 2012

Asian-Americans, fasting-growing ethnic group in country, are tangled up in race-conscious college admissions in complicated ways; some see themselves as victims of affirmative action while others feel they benefit from it. MORE

Oct. 14,are disadvantaged. MORE

Sep. 30, 2012

Editorial highlights some important cases that will be considered in upcoming Supreme Court term, including cases on affirmative action, unreasonable searches and the right of defendants to have effective counsel. MORE

Aug. 31, 2012

Brazil's government enacts one of the Western Hemisphere's most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots for the largely poor students in the nation's public schools and to vastly increase the number of university students of African descent across the country. MORE

Apr. 3, 2012

Federal appeals court panel upholds California’s ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities. MORE

Apr. 2, 2012

Supreme Court, with its decision to take up racial preferences in admissions at public colleges, has touched off a