Author: Jack Samet

To the Committee on Admissions

Last summer, the Supreme Court held in two companion cases brought against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina by Students for Fair Admissions, an anti-affirmative action lobbying group, that the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. These decisions have forced colleges and […]

Like It or Not, Dobbs Is Empowering Voters

Last June, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization instantly became one of the most polarizing and consequential Supreme Court decisions not only of this century but arguably of all time, seemingly doing away with nearly fifty years of established legal precedent and restoring the Constitution to a place of legal neutrality with respect to the […]

Young Voters and President Biden: A Plea

As we approach the 2024 presidential election, it has become abundantly clear that former President Donald Trump is all but guaranteed to secure the Republican nomination. His overwhelming victories in Iowa and New Hampshire have dealt a major blow not only to Nikki Haley’s battered campaign but also, more symbolically, to the anti-Trump flank of […]