Civil Rights Practice Group

Should the Supreme Court Take Note of “Th’ Iliction Returns” Next Time It Addresses Race-Preferential Admissions Policies?

Gail L. Heriot, Alexander M. Heideman

Federalist Society Review, Volume 22

“[N]o matter whether th’ constitution follows th’ flag or not, th’ Supreme Court follows th’...

Why Did California's Prop 16 Fail? A County-by-County Assessment

Althea Nagai

By a margin of 57% to 43%, California voters in 2020 rejected Proposition 16, which...

Public Contracting Litigation After Croson: Data, Disparities, & Discrimination

George R. La Noue

Federalist Society Review, Volume 22

What causes racial disparities, and what, if anything, can and should be done to remedy...

Ten Surprising Highlights from OCR’s New Annual Report

Kenneth L. Marcus

On January 13, the Trump Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which I headed...

Race & the COVID-19 Vaccine

Alexander M. Heideman

Commissioners Gail Heriot and Peter Kirsanow of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently wrote...