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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 2, 2017 CONTACT:    Roger Clegg (703) 442-0066 CEO Praises Justice Department’s Announcement   Affirmative action in college admissions should be examined (Falls Church, VA) The Center for Equal Opportunity praises yesterday’s announcement on affirmative action in college admissions by the Justice Department. It is a welcome and overdue development that the administration will be taking a hard look at schools that insist on weighing skin color and national origin in deciding who gets admitted. Such discrimination is lamentable, although, unfortunately, the Supreme Court has not shut the door on it. However, the Court has made clear that …

Calls on Federal, State, and Local Governments to Enact Similar Bans on Preferences 4/22/14- (Falls Church, VA) The Supreme Court today upheld the right of states and local governments to ban preferential treatment on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex.  Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT We Need More Bills Like This BAMN! The Center for Equal Opportunity Zaps Racial Preferences Update on the Struggle against Universities’ Affirmative Discrimination

(Falls Church, VA) The Center for Equal Opportunity praised the Supreme Court’s decision today in Fisher v. University of Texas, overturning the court appeals ruling that had upheld the University of Texas’s use of racial preferences in university admissions.  CEO had joined Pacific Legal Foundation in a series of amicus briefs in this litigation — first in the U.S. Court of Appeals, then urging the Supreme Court to take the case, and then urging the Court to end racial preferences.  Before that, it had also filed an administrative complaint against the University’s policy. Related posts: Fisher v. University of Texas …