‘The first time I applied to #HarvardLaw… [I was] rejected. My mother had attended the law school… Barack #Obama had been in her section first-year…

My grandparents had immigrated from India… proof that, in America, anything was possible’ https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4121434-the-real-reason-elite-schools-cling-to-legacy-admissions/

"The Court also ruled that colleges and universities may consider in admissions decisions “an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.” We will certainly comply with the Court’s decision."

Supreme Court Decision - Harvard Admissions Lawsuit
https://www.harvard.edu/admissionscase/2023/06/29/supreme-court-decision/

Who could have guessed that a small army of Harvard Law professors would be tactically proficient at malicious compliance...

#news #scotus #affirmativeaction #college #harvard #law #laws #harvardlaw #maliciouscompliance

by #PemaLevy in #MotherJones:

"'DeSantis, we need to remember, is a product of Harvard Law,' says University of Miami law professor Mary Anne Franks. 'His attempts to punish Disney, for instance, his attempts to restrict what private employers are doing—he knows that that violates the First Amendment,' she adds. 'What he is trying to figure out is, can he remake the law? Can the new, far-right conservative movement, which seems to be a kind of might-makes-right movement, can he put that into effect?'”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/ron-desantis-autocracy/

#RonDesantis #Desantis #Florida #fascism #authoritarianism #HarvardLaw #Harvard #Disney #FirstAmendment #1stAmendment