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12 Nov 2007, 5:09 pm
One of the recipients was James Heriot--a cousin of my father's--who earned it for charging [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 5:45 pm
Yes, I know. I once wrote a blog post that (mildly) criticized the Bradley Foundation for its annual Bradley Prizes. And I still believe everything I said in that post (especially the part about the crab cakes being delicious). But one thing I have to say for the program: The Bradley Foundation picks great recipients. The names of Abby and Steve Thernstrom can now be added to the list that includes such notables as Clint Bolick, Ward Connerly, Robby… [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 10:39 pm
Well, I found another smoking gun .... Every year when I'm grading exams, I run across one or two essays that are two and sometimes three times longer than anyone else's. Most law professors know what that means: It's probably a student who was given extra time on the exam on account of some disability. Of course, you can't know for certain. Sometimes, it may just be a student who writes fast. But now and then, the exam contains a scrap of… [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 7:30 am
FASORP is suing the Harvard Law Review and the New York University Law Review for their identity politics quotas.FASORP (Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposing Racial Preferences) recently filed Title VI/Title IX lawsuits against the Harvard Law Review and the New York University Law Review (in both cases Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is also named as a defendant for failing to enforce the law). FASORP is being represented by the very talented Jonathan Mitchell, former Solicitor General of Texas.… [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 5:47 am
For some reason, Harvard's admissions staff keep giving Asian American applicants lower "personal ratings" than white applicants. It's funny how that works.On Friday, November 16th, the Federalist Society's Civil Rights Practice Group (which I chair) presented a panel at the National Lawyers Convention entitled, "Discrimination Against Minorities." It was a discussion of Harvard's admissions policies and the litigation against Harvard for what appears to be… [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 10:08 pm
strikes down Michigan law banning discrimination in higher ed admissions and other state activities [Gail [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 9:15 pm
Gail Heriot comments (via Facebook): When we act to minimize tiny risks we often create other risks [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 7:47 pm
I may have less tolerance for fatuous bureaucracy than the average person. If so, that's a trait I share with many academics. A week or so ago, I received a 50-page instruction booklet on the steps USD employees must now take to book air travel. Ugh ... my life is filling up with bureaucratic inconvenience. And that's only the beginning. There was a time that colleges and universities were less likely than similarly-sized businesses to be larded with middle-management nonsense. But, sadly,… [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 9:50 am
My friends John & Karen Dodd just sent me this message: As many of you may (or may not) know, our son, Mark Patridge, is aMarine Lieutenant in Iraq. In response to our request, he has let us knowthe types of things his guys are short of or would like. If any of you aresending things to the troops over there, these are the types of things theyare requesting. If you have been considering sending things, but don't knowto whom to send… [read post]
13 May 2007, 1:19 pm
This seems like a mistake to me. Evidently the California Supreme Court has issued a stay that prevents a murder trial from proceeding in Lake County until the Court has had time to review the defendant's request for a change in venue. The sole basis for a change in venue appears to be that the defendant is African American and Lake County has few African American residents. Significantly, the crime took place in Lake County, so it's the obvious jurisdiction… [read post]
22 Apr 2018, 6:28 pm
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (2014). My mind still reels at the notion that it took the Supreme Court's intervention to get the right result here. If anything illustrates the importance of getting good judges nominated and confirmed to the federal bench, this case does. The case involved the constitutionality of the… [read post]
18 Jan 2010, 10:51 pm
Here. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 4:38 pm
The front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune carried an interesting AP story entitled "Kids in Taste Test Study Prefer Food in McDonald's Wrapper: Research Shows Effect of Marketing on Youngsters." The story reports that a Stanford University researcher had youngsters sample identical McDonald's food in name-brand and unmarked wrappers. Most children (though not all) preferred the food in McDonald's wrappers. For some reason, the researcher… [read post]
20 May 2007, 1:55 pm
This is an interesting study by Gary A. Tobin and Aryeh K. Weinberg. It surveys the faculty members at elite and nonelite colleges and universities across the country. Some of the findings are hardly news: Faculty members are less religious than the population at large. But the differences are actually just a bit less striking than I would have guessed. For example, "[a]mong faculty, 46% asserted that they have a personal relationship with God, 19%… [read post]
3 Feb 2007, 1:38 am
Thanks to everyone who helped make the Federalist Society's Tribute to Ed Meese last Saturday at the Reagan Library a success, including speakers Ken Cribb, Todd Gaziano, Judge Lois Haight Herrington, Doug Kmiec, Dan Lowenstein, Justice Stephen Markman, David McIntosh, Ted Olson, Mike Rappaport, Brad Reynolds, Mike Uhlmann and John Yoo. Special thanks to John Herrington, who filled in when one of our moderators was trapped on a Los Angeles freeway (It's always good to have a former… [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 4:30 am
Will the new law have the unintended consequence of accelerating the trend toward hospitals’ closing down their emergency rooms?Here's an interesting problem. The California Legislature is trying to do something about what it calls "patient dumping." By that it means the hospital practice of discharging non-paying homeless patients out into the world without any means to take care of themselves. As far as I know the bill hasn't yet been signed by the Governor. The Business… [read post]
7 May 2018, 2:53 pm
On this day in 1992, Michigan became what was thought to be the 38th and crucial state to ratify the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That amendment states: "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened." The remarkable thing about the 27th Amendment is that it was approved by Congress in 1789. Yet it was not fully ratified until 202 years later. Several states… [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 8:55 am
Center Vincent Eng - National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium and Columbia Law School Gail [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 2:15 pm
The Washington Post is finally writing about the New Black Panther Party and the ideological divide within the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division that it represents. This is a good sign. Although I believe the Post article misses a few key points, it appears to be an effort to be fair. [read post]
21 Mar 2010, 9:09 pm
Well ... uh ... there it is. I honestly didn't think they would do it. When the large majority of Americans opposes a bill, I figure it won't get passed. But I was wrong. It's just breathtaking. I suppose my mistake was to assume those who favor government expansion actually care what the public thinks. Of course, they don't. That's the whole point in favoring Big Government: The Nanny Staters believe ordinary citizens are too stupid to make decisions about their own lives.… [read post]
