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5 Apr 2012, 2:34 pm by Eugene Volokh
” Likewise, see this comment from CNN Crossfire host Bob Beckel, questioning Abigail Thernstrom, during the California Prop. 209 debate: If merit — this things, merit, which is most grades and tests are what is used here, would you like to see these UCLA Law School 80 percent Asian? [read post]
18 Mar 2012, 8:19 pm by Rick Hasen
Abigail Thernstrom: Minority-voting-rights activists are all aflutter over the possibility that the Supreme Court will soon hold an important section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional — or at least in need of drastic modification. [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 4:26 am by Walter Olson
(0) White Coat’s lawsuit story, cont’d (0) Welcome Instapundit and Above the Law readers (0) Welcome Free Range Kids readers (2) Voting Rights Act expert Abigail Thernstrom… (0) [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
(0) White Coat’s lawsuit story, cont’d (0) Welcome Instapundit and Above the Law readers (0) Welcome Free Range Kids readers (2) Voting Rights Act expert Abigail Thernstrom… (0) [read post]
25 Nov 2010, 4:57 pm by Walter Olson
(0) White Coat’s lawsuit story, cont’d (0) Welcome Instapundit and Above the Law readers (0) Welcome Free Range Kids readers (2) Voting Rights Act expert Abigail Thernstrom… (0) [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 10:11 pm by Walter Olson
(0) White Coat’s lawsuit story, cont’d (0) Welcome Instapundit and Above the Law readers (0) Welcome Free Range Kids readers (2) Voting Rights Act expert Abigail Thernstrom… (0) [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 9:21 am by Rick.Hasen@lls.edu
Roger Clegg reviews Abigail Thernstrom, Voting Rights and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections.... [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 7:32 am by Kent Scheidegger
See also Bill Otis's posts here and here.The article quotes Abigail Thernstrom calling the case "small potatoes. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 5:49 am by Walter Olson
Times "Booster Shots" via Amy Alkon] “Zero tolerance for bullying” — nice slogan, but think before endorsing [Helene Guldberg, Daily Mail via Skenazy] “The New Black Panther Case: A Conservative Dissent” [Abigail Thernstrom, NRO; earlier] $113,800 in damages in pregnancy-bias suit against Lucasfilm, but demand for attorney’s fees could reach $1.2 million [SF Chronicle] Trial lawyers fear being cut out of BP TransOcean pie [WSJ Law… [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 7:32 am by Walter Olson
(0) White Coat’s lawsuit story, cont’d (0) Welcome Instapundit and Above the Law readers (0) Welcome Free Range Kids readers (2) Voting Rights Act expert Abigail Thernstrom… (0) [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 9:08 pm by Walter Olson
Math curriculum wars in Seattle school district head for court [Seattle Times] Stuart Taylor, Jr. reviews new Abigail Thernstrom book on the Voting Rights Act [New Republic] Gail Wilensky: Dems could’ve gotten GOP votes for health care reform if they’d compromised on medical liability [The Hill] Erin Brockovich swoops down on Florida cancer cluster [Fumento/CEI, more, also on Florida case] Barry Goldwater was right: right-leaning bloggers favor lifting military gay… [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 7:53 am by Erin Miller
The following is an essay for our Race and the Supreme Court program by Abigail Thernstrom,  vice-chair of the U.S. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 6:34 am by Adam Schlossman
Board of Education and subsequent litigation over black civil rights –Jack Greenberg, professor at Columbia Law School and former director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Week 2 “NAMUDNO: Right Question, Wrong Case” –Abigail Thernstrom, vice-chair of the U.S. [read post]
23 Oct 2009, 7:10 am
According to Abigail Thernstrom of the Civil Rights Commission: The small city had voted two-to-one to get rid of partisan labels on candidates running for local office, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) decided such a move was discriminatory. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 12:08 am
I'm delighted to report that Abigail Thernstrom will be guest-blogging this week about her new book, Voting Rights — and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 8:34 am
Abigail Thernstrom has written this LA Times oped. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 5:09 pm
Theresa Amato, Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny (New Press 2009) Abigail Thernstrom, Voting Rights and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections (AEI 2009)... [read post]