The California Supreme Court ruled today that students at UC schools can continue to benefit from AB-540, which grants in-state tuition status to graduates of California high schools as long as they attended a California high school for at least three years. This is a welcome ruling, even if it is only a small step [...]
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Et Tu, NYT?
November 15th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice
Tags: AB-540·California·California State University·citizens·CSU·DREAM Act·education·Hazleton·high school·illegal immigration·Immigration·Kris Kobach·Martinez v. Regents of the University of California·New York Times·Nice Work If You Can Get It·permanent residents·students·This American Life·UC·UCLA·undocumented students·University of California
Better Late Than . . . Once, 14 Years Ago
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Law School, Law and Justice, Supreme Court
Weirdly enough, a new challenge to Proposition 209 is underway in federal court. Prop two-oh-what, you say? Yes, Ward Connerly’s hilarious parody “civil rights” initiative of 1996, which prohibited public institutions in California from considering race, sex, and ethnicity EVER (except when they do, constantly), is being called unconstitutional. It’s like some law student was [...]
Tags: 1990s·affirmative action·Beverly Hills 90210·civil rights·Doritos·ethnicity·Garth Brooks·George Washington·Grutter v. Bollinger·I Love The 90s·John Roberts·Ninth Circuit·Potomac·Proposition 209·race·Ricci·Samuel Alito·sex·Supreme Court·The Coyote·The Road Runner·UCLA·UCLA Law·Ward Connerly
Taking Money From the Poor
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Law School
Watching and reading about last week’s protests at UCLA and Berkeley over proposed (now adopted) increases in tuition and fees, I couldn’t help thinking of the scene in Big Fish where Steve Buscemi’s character ropes Ewan McGregor’s character into helping him rob a bank, but the bank turns out not to have any money. My [...]
Tags: Berkeley·Big Fish·California·constitutional convention·organized labor·Steve Buscemi·student protests·UCLA·University of California