Tag Archives: Black

From Shield to Sword: Title VI Litigation and the Remaking of Civil Rights Law in the Post-Students for Fair Admissions Landscape

By: Laura Bea In recent months, the federal government has intensified its scrutiny of university diversity initiatives, launching a wave of civil rights investigations and lawsuits that have placed higher education at the center of a national debate over race, institutional autonomy, and federal funding. In its latest attempt to challenge diversity, equality, and inclusion […]

Standing or Flopping? The Implications of a Venture Capital Fund’s Contest on Race-Based Grants

By: Olivia Arline Background and Decision Last year, in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down a venture capital fund’s contest that provides grants to black women-owned businesses. Fearless Fund (Fearless) is a venture capital fund that seeks to “bridge the gap in […]

Justice without Sight? Evaluating California’s New Race-Blind Charging Law

       By: Bella Tambornino      California’s Race-Blind Charging Act promises a bold experiment in criminal justice reform: a prosecutorial process free from racial bias. Enacted in September 2022 through Assembly Bill 2778 (“AB 2778”), the law requires prosecutors to make charging decisions “based on information, from which all means of identifying the race of the suspect, […]

Modern American Education: The Uninterrupted Path to Incarceration

by: Zack Auspitz On August 11, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of multiple plaintiffs to challenge the “disturbing-schools law” in South Carolina.[1] This highly controversial law essentially criminalizes disruptive behavior in South Carolina classrooms and imposes draconian punishment on students who violate it.[2] The lawsuit stems from […]