DCT Dismissal of Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action Claim

Here’s the opinion.

Erwin Chemerinsky on Michigan’s Prop 2

Erwin Chemerinsky’s talk about direct democracy and Prop 2 (with the Orwellian name “Civil Rights Initiative” has been published in our own Michigan State Law Review. The talk is called “Challenging Direct Democracy.”
Here’s the introduction:

The Civil Rights Initiative in Michigan was adopted the day before this symposium on direct democracy was held at Michigan State [...]

“Prop. 2 and Michigan American Indian Students” — Michigan Journal of Race & Law Symposium

I will be giving a short talk at the Michigan Journal of Race and Law’s symposium on affirmative action in Michigan post-Prop. 2 this Saturday. Here are materials for my talk:
Michigan Civil Rights Commission Report — “One Michigan” at the Crossroads: An Assessment of the Impact of Proposal 06-02
MCRC Report Attachment #4 — The Michigan [...]

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm - Hearing Tomorrow

The Eastern District of Michigan (Judge Lawson) will hear cross-motions for summary judgment tomorrow in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm. Here are some of the materials:
Cantrell Motion for Summary Judgment

EEOC v. Peabody Coal & Navajo Nation — CA9 Materials

This long-running case involves the Navajo tribal preference statute. The district court dismissed the claim under Rule 19 (one of my faves!). Here are the Ninth Circuit materials:
DCT Order

Benson on Election Fraud and Prop. 2

Jocelyn Friedrichs Benson (Wayne) has posted “Election Fraud and the Initiative Process: A Study of the 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative” on SSRN. The paper is forthcoming in the Fordham Urban Law Journal.

More Impacts of Prop. 2 — Financial Aid

As the news about the 2007-2008 academic year comes out, we will be following the impact of Prop. 2 on minority students and communities in Michigan, with an emphasis on American Indian students.
Details from the Detroit News: “A record number of new freshmen flocked to Michigan public universities this fall, but some scholarship opportunities for [...]

Calif. Bar Exam Results and Affirmative Action Critics

From Cheryl Harris at UCLA Law:
Colleagues,
I am writing seeking your help and counsel in preventing the disclosure of private data regarding our students that would have little research value but could produce significant harm. Rick Sander, in collaboration with two other law professors, Bill Henderson of Indiana University School of Law [...]