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Reuters
4 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Conservative group sues Michigan Law Review, claiming racial discrimination
June 18 (Reuters) - A conservative legal group sued the University of Michigan's flagship law journal on Wednesday, claiming its process for selecting student editors and scholarly articles illegally discriminates against heterosexual white men by giving preference to women, minority, gay and transgender applicants. In a lawsuit filed in a Michigan federal court, the group called Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preference said it represents three unnamed tenured or tenure-track white male heterosexual law professors whose submitted articles were rejected by the Michigan Law Review. The group is also representing an anonymous white male incoming second-year Michigan law student who has applied to be a member of the law review—a competitive position that helps bolster law student resumes. FASORP has unsuccessfully sued two other top law reviews in recent years. A third case is pending. The group is represented by prominent conservative Jonathan Mitchell and lawyers from America First Legal—a group headed by Stephen Miller, President Trump's deputy chief of staff. The Michigan Law Review 'has implemented a corrupt and illegal scheme of race and sex preferences to select its student members,' according to FASORP's complaint. The law school did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit Wednesday, nor did the Michigan Law Review Association, which is the student-run non-profit that runs the law review. The suit was not unexpected. FASORP emailed Michigan law students in March, threatening to sue if the law review did not end preferences in member and article selection and saying it would subpoena the personal statements of law review applicants. Interim Michigan Law Dean Kyle Logue called FASORP's email 'threatening, harassing, and inappropriate' in a subsequent message to students and said the law review is legally permitted to consider applicants' personal statements. FASORP's complaint alleges the law review uses students' personal statements to award positions to women, minorities, gay and transgender applicants over more qualified heterosexual white male students. And the law review is 'intentionally discriminating in favor of inferior manuscripts submitted by women, racial minorities, and homosexual or transgender authors, while rejecting better manuscripts submitted by heterosexual and non-transgender white men,' according to the complaint. FASORP made similar arguments when it sued New York University's top law journal in 2023 on behalf of a white male law student. That case was dismissed the following year. FASORP also unsuccessfully sued the Harvard Law Review in 2018 and has a pending lawsuit against the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, claiming it discriminates against white men in faculty hiring and on its top law journal. Read more: NYU law school dodges white man's lawsuit claiming law review discrimination Northwestern law school sued for discrimination against white men in faculty hiring
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Grizzlies providing fans across Tennessee with free local over-the-air access to five games
The Memphis Grizzlies and FanDuel Sports Network have reached an agreement with Gray Media that will make games easily accessible for fans across the state of Tennessee. Gray media with join FanDuel Sports Network and simulcast five upcoming Grizzlies games in Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville, beginning on March 12. These games will also have free local over-the-air access in three aforementioned markets. This agreement will broaden the Grizzlies' reach to over three million households in the state of Tennessee. In Memphis, fans will be able to watch the five games on WMC-TV Action News Five. Games will be accessible in Nashville on WSMV-TV and simulcast on the Tennessee Valley Sports and Entertainment Network channel. Game will be broadcast in Knoxville over the air on WBXX Knoxville's CW. MyVLT and MyNetworkTV. 'We are thrilled to announce this relationship between the Memphis Grizzlies and our local Gray Media stations in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville,' Jonathan Mitchell, General Manager of WMC Television in Memphis said in a statement. 'With this collaboration, Grizzlies fans across Tennessee's three largest media markets will have access to the most exciting team in basketball for free, over-the-air. We believe this agreement not only broadens access to the Grizzlies but also strengthens the connection between the team and its fans across the state of Tennessee.' The agreement is part of the NBA's deal with Main Street Sports Group, the owner of FanDuel Sports Southeast. The Grizzlies (38-20) have been one of the NBA's best teams this season. The five-game slate will come while Memphis is make a push to secure one of the top seeds in the Western Conference. Memphis is currently the No. 2 seed. Three of the five games, including a road clash with the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, will come against Western Conference foes jockeying for playoff positioning. Former Grizzlies wing Tony Allen's jersey retirement and the regular season finale are almost among the games included. Wednesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET – Memphis Grizzlies vs. Utah Jazz Saturday, March 15, at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET – Memphis Grizzlies vs. Miami Heat Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET – Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET – Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors Sunday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m. CT/3:30 p.m. ET – Memphis Grizzlies vs. Dallas Mavericks Damichael Cole is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC. This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis Grizzlies announce deal with Gray Media, FanDuel Sports
Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
University of California student group alleges racial discrimination in admissions
A University of California student group sued the school system Monday, alleging racial discrimination in admissions. Students Against Racial Discrimination filed a suit saying the university system gives 'discriminatory preferences to non-Asian racial minorities.' The suit says Asian American and white applicants are turned away while Black and Hispanic students 'are often placed at significant academic disadvantage, and thus experience worse outcomes, because of the university's use of racial preferences.' The student group is accusing the University of California of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the 14th Amendment and Proposition 206 in California, which forbids race as a factor in public education. The suit points to actions taken by the system, such as encouraging its schools to adopt 'holistic' admission policies that a previous chancellor said would help with low admission rates of minority students, comparing admission rates of Black applicants between 2010 and 2023 and the system allegedly shutting down resources outsiders could use to study this issue. 'Trends in racial admissions patterns consistently show that the adoption of the holistic process favored black and Hispanic admissions and disfavored Asian-Americans and, to a lesser extent, whites,' the suit reads. One of the attorneys for the student group is Jonathan Mitchell, a prominent conservative attorney who regularly brings cases to the Supreme Court. The Hill has reached out to the University of California for comment. The lawsuit comes after the Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that affirmative action could not be used in higher education. Schools have been searching for other ways to ensure diversity among their students, meaning that the fight over how race and ethnic information is used among colleges and universities is not over. One likely next battleground will be around college scholarships that include a race or ethnicity portion, with one lawsuit already in the court system over the issue. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
