affirmative action

On Hardball yesterday, Pat Buchanan argued that Sonia Sotomayor “says her sex — her gender, excuse me — and her ethnicity are going to influence her decision. She will decide differently from a white male.” Likewise Stuart Taylor has asked “do we want a new justice who comes close to stereotyping white males as (on […]

Via Steve Benen, Deborah Howell, The Washington Post‘s ombudsman suggested that the paper consider ideological leanings when considering prospective hires: Are there ways to tackle this? More conservatives in newsrooms and rigorous editing would be two. The first is not easy: Editors hire not on the basis of beliefs but on talent in reporting, photography […]

Ward Connerly‘s divisive and misleading “civil rights initiatives” have been popular in the states where he succeeds in getting them on the ballot, and this year looks likely to continue the trend. Nebraska voters passed their affirmative action ban, though a lawsuit contesting the signatures used to get the amendment on the ballot could derail […]

Ward Connerly‘s anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives — deceptively called “civil rights initiatives” — are likely to be on the ballot in Arizona and Nebraska this November. And as Jonathan Martin writes at Politico, John McCain is now saying he supports the Arizona initiative, despite opposing the conservative Arizona state legislature’s attempt to rollback affirmative action […]

Dana rightly pointed out that affirmative action is under threat this fall in several states, but there is some good news. It’s not five states, as Dana said, it’s now four. Oklahoma withdrew it’s anti-affirmative action ballot initiative earlier this month due to a lack of signatures. In fact, the secretary of state found that […]

Over at the National Review, the Phi Beta Cons are rejoicing over a federal judge’s decision yesterday to uphold Proposal 2, the Ward Connerly-backed ballot initiative that passed in 2006 under the misleading name “The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.” Proposal 2, of course, effectively overturned the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in support of the limited […]

Atypically for something written by John Yoo, I actually agree with much of the first part of his Clarence Thomas apologia. Thomas is the most principled conservative on the Court, his contribution (whether or not one agrees with the conclusions), and claims that Thomas was Scalia‘s sock puppet are both plainly wrong and may even […]