Resources Related to Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
Date Published:
September 20, 2013
This collection of legal documents, analysis, and media coverage contextualizes the court case and the CRP's work to defend diversity in higher education.
Background
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, No. 12-682 is a U. S. Supreme Court case that pertains to a Michigan voter initiative (Prop 2) that banned racial preferences in admissions to the state’s public universities by changing Michigan's state constitution. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the initiative violated the federal Constitution’s equal protection clause. Groups supporting diversity in Michigan's public universities have joined together to pursue legal action to maintain limited uses of race in admissions decisions.
Case Documents
- Amicus Brief of CRP
- Respondents Brief: Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
- Respondents Brief: Chase Cantrel et al.
- Amicus Brief of American Council on Higher Education and 48 other higher ed organizations
- Amicus Brief of President and Chancellors of the University of California
- Amicus Brief of San Francisco USD, LAUSD, City and County of San Francisco, City of Oakland, City of Berkeley, County of Alameda
- UC Black and Latino faculty (Darnell Hunt, et al.)
- States of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon and the District of Columbia
- The Supreme Court's SCOTUS blog maintains a comprehensive list of documents filed in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.
News
- Scott Jaschick. "Back to the Supreme Court." Inside Higher Ed. September 3, 2013.
- Adam Liptak. "Supreme Court Takes New Case on Affirmative Action, From Michigan." The New York Times. 25 March, 2013.
