Equal Protection Clause

The author defends the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, arguing it correctly upheld that the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 cannot require racial considerations in redistricting due to constitutional constraints. The essay criticizes academia's ideological alignment on race issues, citing Elena Kagan's advice to avoid race discrimination scholarship if opposing racial preferences.

A Hawaii judge criticized the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court (Roberts court) for a 'colorblind' approach to the equal protection clause, which he claims disregards the clause's original intent to protect formerly enslaved Black Americans. The state plans to defy the high court's rulings.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams. The 6-3 decision ruled the bans do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment or Title IX. The majority opinion, authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, argued the policies were 'reasonable,' while dissenting justices, including Sonia Sotomayor, criticized the lack of factual review.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports teams, ruling 6-3 that the bans do not violate the Equal Protection Clause or Title IX. The decision marks a setback for transgender rights, with liberal justices dissenting over unresolved factual disputes about transgender and cisgender girls' equality in sports.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibit transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams. The 6-3 decision ruled the bans do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment or Title IX, marking a setback for transgender rights. The ruling also coincided with President Donald Trump’s administration pursuing an anti-trans agenda.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports teams in a 6-3 decision, ruling the bans do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The court also confirmed Title IX does not block such restrictions, marking a significant setback for transgender rights.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the state must stop awarding race-based retention grants to minority students, citing violations of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. The decision followed a lower court's reversal of a program that provided financial aid to Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Southeast Asian immigrant-descended students to prevent college dropout, aligning with the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 SFFA v. Harvard ruling against race-conscious admissions.

The federal government is seeking to halt the first U.S. reparations program for Black people, with the DOJ arguing in a court filing that the program is 'racially discriminatory' and violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.