DOJ May Sue Colleges Over Alleged White Discrimination
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According to an internal document obtained by our partners at The New York Times, the Department of Justice (DOJ) will shift its priorities away from enforcing anti-discrimination laws on behalf of minorities, and focus instead on cases where white college applicants claim they've been discriminated against. The DOJ's project will focus on "intentional race-based discrimination," a phrase at the heart of affirmative action.
The Supreme Court has ruled that race can be used as one factor among many in a “holistic” admissions process, but there are still many cases, related to universities that receive federal funding, where the lines are murkier.
Tomiko Brown Nagin, professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, discusses the legal and political aspects of the administration's focus on affirmative action.
