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[27] [28] Blum participated in cases such as Bush v. Vera, Shelby County v. Holder, and Fisher v. University of Texas. [27] The SFFA case was the first high-profile case on behalf of plaintiffs who were not white, and who had academic credentials that, according to Vox, were "much harder to criticize." The lawyers for SFFA stated that the ...
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College [8] was dismissed in October 2019, [9] and that ruling was subsequently upheld on appeal. [10] In February 2021, however, SFFA petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to review the case. [11]
“In this case, SFFA has challenged any consideration of race by the Naval Academy in its admissions process,” U.S. Senior District Judge Richard Bennett wrote in his 175-page ruling.
In SFFA, Richard Kahlenberg—an expert witness on behalf of the folks challenging racial preferences—proposed a plan for Harvard that would have totally revamped the school’s selection ...
Since the 1990s, Blum has been heavily involved in bringing eight cases to the United States Supreme Court. [2] He was a key figure in Bush v. Vera and the Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College lawsuits. Blum is the director of the Project on Fair Representation, which he founded in 2005. [3]
With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.
A U.S. district judge sided with Harvard at the conclusion of a case in which a group of Asian-Americans asserted the school discriminated against them. Judge upholds Harvard's admission process ...
The lede reads, "In 2013, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed suit against Harvard University in U.S. District Court in Boston ..." But, under District Court Case, "SFFA filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Harvard University on November 17, 2014."