{"id":3904,"date":"2023-06-29T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:59:57","slug":"will-statement-on-affirmative-action-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3904","title":{"rendered":"WILL Statement on Affirmative Action Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/will-statement-on-affirmative-action-cases\/\">https:\/\/will-law.org\/will-statement-on-affirmative-action-cases\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h1><b>Landmark Ruling Demands Equal Treatment: Colleges and Universities Must Immediately Dismantle Affirmative Action and Similar Discriminatory Policies<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><b>The News:\u00a0<\/b>The Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty (WILL) released a statement praising the United States Supreme Court,\u00a0rejecting race-based affirmative action, and mandating colorblind policies at all taxpayer-funded colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Quotes:<\/b>\u00a0Rick Esenberg, WILL President and General Counsel, stated, \u201cIt has been a long struggle for us to recognize that each of us has the right to be treated as individuals and not members of a racial group. The idea that we can have \u201cmake-up\u201d discrimination for just a little while, without losing the moral force behind the civil rights movement, is insidious. Today the Supreme Court advanced this principle of equality, essentially eliminating racial discrimination and stereotyping in college admissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Lennington, WILL Deputy Counsel, stated, \u201cThe word \u2018diversity\u2019 is no longer a license to discriminate. While this is an important victory, the fight is not over. We will closely monitor the reactions to this decision and, as always, stand ready to offer free legal representation to anyone victimized by racially discriminatory policies, programs, and laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, WILL\u2019s Equality Under the Law Project has represented dozens of individuals and businesses from around the country to enforce the basic guarantees of equal treatment. More information can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/equality\/\"><b>DefendEquality.org<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WILL_Daniel_Color_003_WEB_980x617_100ppi_Sharpened.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Lennington\" class=\"wp-image-9999\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Dan Lennington<\/h4>\n<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Deputy Counsel<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>dan@will-law.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanLennington\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_twitter_icon\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_1 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rick-Photo.jpeg\" alt=\"Rick Esenberg\" class=\"wp-image-11260\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Rick Esenberg<\/h4>\n<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">President and General Counsel<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>rick@will-law.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickesenberg\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_twitter_icon\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/will-statement-on-affirmative-action-cases\/\">WILL Statement on Affirmative Action Case<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\">Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/will-law.org\/will-statement-on-affirmative-action-cases\/ Landmark Ruling Demands Equal Treatment: Colleges and Universities Must&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3907,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions\/3907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}