Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream for Economic Affirmative Action. The Supreme Court Failed Him.
Such nostalgia can include favorable feelings for three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who, over the course of ...
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The Myth That ‘Diversity’ Improves Higher Education Should Finally Be Laid to Rest
In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), Justice Lewis F. Powell introduced into constitutional law the well-intentioned canard that race-based affirmative action ...
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SCOTUSblog on camera: J. Harvie Wilkinson, III — Part one
Law school, running for Congress, clerking for Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and learning the value of humility. In this eight-part interview, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of ...
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Fourth Circuit hears challenge to mental health patient’s 19 months in seclusion
The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion/ Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Duke University law students argued to ...
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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—October 23
Bork to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by retiring Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk for approval, despite the presence of more than 2,500 people ...
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SCOTUSblog on camera: J. Harvie Wilkinson, III — Part five
In this eight-part interview, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit discusses his background, including: a race for Congress; clerking for Justice Lewis F ...