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27 Oct 2022, 4:43 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
” The group was created that same year by Edward Blum, a stockbroker and conservative activist who, though not a lawyer, has backed other prominent lawsuits challenging the consideration of race in undergraduate admissions as well as a challenge to the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 11:51 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
"At UT, they have a very successful race-neutral means, which has proven to be a better avenue for increasing diversity," said [Edward] Blum, referring to the top 10 percent law. [read post]
8 Jun 2007, 10:54 am
" Edward Blum has this essay at the National Review Online discussing the forthcoming decision in the Seattle and Louisville school cases and how Republicans and Democrats will react. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 5:13 am by Amy Howe
In the Los Angeles Times, David Savage profiles Edward Blum, noting that the “most effective legal strategist before the Supreme Court these days is a retired stockbroker and liberal-turned-conservative who admits he sometimes finds plaintiffs by cold-calling strangers on the phone. [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 3:21 am by Amy Howe
” Briefly: Writing for Reuters Investigates, Joan Biskupic profiles Edward Blum, the architect of the challenge to the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process, and his latest lawsuit against Harvard University. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 2:42 am by Amy Howe
  And at ISCOTUSnow, Edward Lee predicts the winner in the oral arguments based on the number of questions for each side. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 2:19 pm
 Edward Blum, executive director of the Project on Fair Representation, a nonprofit legal defense foundation that has provided legal counsel for Fisher says, "This case presents the court with an opportunity to clarify the boundaries of race preferences in higher education, or even reconsider whether race should be permitted at all under the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 2:19 pm
 Edward Blum, executive director of the Project on Fair Representation, a nonprofit legal defense foundation that has provided legal counsel for Fisher says, "This case presents the court with an opportunity to clarify the boundaries of race preferences in higher education, or even reconsider whether race should be permitted at all under the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 4:30 am by Lawrence Solum
In the Harvard case, Students for Fair Admissions [SFFA], a conservative organization led by Edward Blum, argues that Harvard is discriminating against Asian American applicants, thereby violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. [read post]
13 May 2015, 6:43 am by Amy Howe
” In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Edward Blum urges the Court to grant review in a“constitutional challenge to how Texas created its state Senate districts” that “could reestablish electoral fairness in dozens of voting districts — not just in Texas but throughout the country. [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 6:01 pm by Tom Smith
The American Alliance for Equal Rights, a nonprofit founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, who brought the Supreme Court affirmative action challenges, has also filed three of its own Section 1981 cases. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 5:23 am by Amy Howe
In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Edward Blum weighs in on the Alabama redistricting cases, slated for argument today. [read post]
23 Oct 2023, 3:42 am by Kevin LaCroix
 Interestingly, the federal court challenge to the California board diversity statute was also led by an organization affiliated with Edward Blum, the legal activist who heads AFBR. [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 2:45 am by Federal Employment Law Insider
Latest Attacks on Corporate DEI Meanwhile, prominent anti-DEI warriors Stephen Miller and Edward Blum are continuing to challenge long-standing DEI practices. [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 2:45 am by Federal Employment Law Insider
Latest Attacks on Corporate DEI Meanwhile, prominent anti-DEI warriors Stephen Miller and Edward Blum are continuing to challenge long-standing DEI practices. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 4:01 am by Amy Howe
”  Commentary supporting Fisher’s challenge comes from Roger Clegg and Joshua Thompson at Forbes, while in The New Republic, David Gans profiles Edward Blum, the driving force behind both Evenwel and Fisher, and discusses Blum on KCRW. [read post]
27 May 2015, 7:50 am by David Gans
  Urging the Justices to remake the law in this area, plaintiffs in Evenwel, represented by the law firm of Wiley Rein, and backed by Edward Blum’s Project of Fair Representation, have urged the Court to hold that the Constitution requires state and local governments to draw districts based on voter population, not total population. [read post]
31 Oct 2022, 7:45 am by ACLU
In both cases, the organization Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), led by anti-affirmative action crusader Edward Blum, is once again, after previous failed efforts, seeking the elimination of all race-conscious admissions practices. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 7:19 am
Kaes, Anton, Martin Jay, and Edward Dimendberg, eds. [read post]