R. Lawrence Purdy

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February 28, 2024

🔒Our Service Academies Must Discard Race-Based Admissions

R. Lawrence Purdy

The recent Supreme Court ruling in SFFA v. Harvard struck down the use of race in college admissions but did not address the propriety of such in the U.S. military service academie......

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December 27, 2021

On Dubious Race Preferences

R. Lawrence Purdy

A review of "A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education," eds. Gail Heriot, Maimon Schwarzschild, Encounter, 2021, pp. 336, $21.68 hardcover.

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September 30, 2013

The Critical Question Involves “Critical Mass”

R. Lawrence Purdy

The Supreme Court fails to come to grips with "critical mass," an academic euphemism for unlawful quotas.

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November 26, 2012

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Derails Dr. King's Dream

R. Lawrence Purdy

The repeal of Michigan's affirmative action ban shows inconsistency with the history of the civil rights movement.

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September 24, 2012

Retired Officers Join Obama Administration in Fisher Case

R. Lawrence Purdy

A group of veterans seek to annul the longstanding guarantee of “equal opportunity” without regard to race.

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