The Hypocrisy of Mandatory Diversity Statements

The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf explains the hypocrisy of mandatory diversity statements, highlighting Pacific Legal Foundation client J.D. Haltigan.

J.D. wanted to work as a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz but was shocked to learn that the university required a statement detailing his commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion before he would even be considered.

PLF’s lawsuit “is the first major free-speech challenge to a public institution that requires these statements. If Haltigan prevails, state institutions may be unable to mandate diversity statements in the future, or may find themselves constrained in how they solicit or assess such statements."

The End of Race Preference in College Admissions?

Writing for Discourse, Alison Somin discusses what the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling means for the future of race preference in college admissions.

“Individuals should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of the color of their skin. The Students for Fair Admissions opinion is a ringing endorsement of this constitutional, legal and moral principle and deserves to be celebrated accordingly.”

Supreme Court tosses Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan where it belongs: the trash

USA Today covers last week’s Supreme Court ruling that struck has down President Biden’s student loan cancellation—a plan he enacted without any input from Congress.

The Court affirmed that the president did not have the authority to forgive student loans; that power rests with Congress and Congress alone.

Student-loan forgiveness is dead but Biden’s got an even WORSE plan

Despite the Court ruling that Biden did not have the authority to dismiss billions of dollars in student loan debt, the administration is preparing to use other avenues to implement his cancellation goals.

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