U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday called for a response from a Virginia school

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Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

I think PP meant block out all information that would indicate race of the applicant such as name, school name etc.

Are names on the application?

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Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

Yes it does. Per federal rules.

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Anonymous wrote:It's well known that Roberts takes a dim view on Affirmative Action and other systemic racist policies. He famously said "“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."

It's no great surprise, therefore, that Roberts was responsive to this emergency application.

As stated previously, the rushed and not well thought out changes to TJ's admission system rolled out by the school board of FCPS may lead to permanent end of all affirmative action plans in public K to 12 schools in the entire country. All thanks to school board members who acted immaturely and opportunistically without any regard to Asian American community.

As it should. The school board enacted this policy outside of the public view and texted each other bragging about being racially discriminatory. Just imagine if a Louisiana school system had done something similar.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

Disparate impact is a recognized legal theory.

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Anonymous wrote:It's well known that Roberts takes a dim view on Affirmative Action and other systemic racist policies. He famously said "“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."

It's no great surprise, therefore, that Roberts was responsive to this emergency application.

As stated previously, the rushed and not well thought out changes to TJ's admission system rolled out by the school board of FCPS may lead to permanent end of all affirmative action plans in public K to 12 schools in the entire country. All thanks to school board members who acted immaturely and opportunistically without any regard to Asian American community.

The fact that the racism was targeted at Asians is merely context. Policies with the underlying intent of racial discrimination against any group should be unlawful. Affirmative Action is a racist policy and should be abolished immediately to prevent ongoing harm.

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When will the Supreme Court decide on this emergency request for a stay?

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Justice Roberts very recently criticized how the "conservatives" are using the shadow docket. And has sided with the liberals 7/9 times recently on 5-4 decisions. Does this mean he is likely to not grant the coalition the stay they are seeking? Or if he refers it to the full court to vote, perhaps will side with the liberals as well? Does anyone know Barretts and Kavanaugh's stance on affirmative action?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

Disparate impact is a recognized legal theory.

Actually, conservatives have been doing their best for quite a while to make sure it's not. Will be funny (not really, just another in the long run of hyper-hypocritical decisions) if they rely on a disparate impact theory to invalidate school policies. Fortunately, Fairfax is wealthy enough to hire good enough lawyers to achieve their policy goals without making it so obvious in the future. (You know, like the GOP tries to do with all tis gerrymandering.)

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Anonymous wrote:Justice Roberts very recently criticized how the "conservatives" are using the shadow docket. And has sided with the liberals 7/9 times recently on 5-4 decisions. Does this mean he is likely to not grant the coalition the stay they are seeking? Or if he refers it to the full court to vote, perhaps will side with the liberals as well? Does anyone know Barretts and Kavanaugh's stance on affirmative action?

I would be really surprised if he does because Roberts has been very clear that he is against affirmative action or racial discrimination of any sort.

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What does this mean? The stay order can still be removed? When will we know?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

Disparate impact is a recognized legal theory.

Interesting. So if certain races have much lower acceptance rates & enrollment #s than others is that a disparate impact?

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Anonymous wrote:Does this not portend that, one way or the other, the racially motivated change in the TJ admission policy is eventually going to be invalidated by the Supreme Court? It’s a conservative court and, while Roberts sometimes sides with the liberals, the fact that he got the matter on the “shadow docket” seems to suggest he has some sympathy for the plaintiffs.

The fact that he got the stay application is just a reflection that he is assigned to applications from the 4th circuit.

The fact that he asked for a response is an indication that someone on the court is taking the application seriously but doesn’t necessarily indicate which way they will break on the stay.

However, most of these (99%?) emergency applications are rejected summarily so the fact that this case (vacating stay) is going to be reviewed is a sign.

The partisan hacks the GOP has appointed to the court love this kind of thing.

Oh, yes, do tell us the liberals don’t do that! See “I can’t define a woman”.

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Anonymous wrote:Justice Roberts very recently criticized how the "conservatives" are using the shadow docket. And has sided with the liberals 7/9 times recently on 5-4 decisions. Does this mean he is likely to not grant the coalition the stay they are seeking? Or if he refers it to the full court to vote, perhaps will side with the liberals as well? Does anyone know Barretts and Kavanaugh's stance on affirmative action?

Yes, he has because the GOP has packed the court with fringe radicals that are pushing policy that is out of touch with most Americans. He could previously side with the regressive right without fear of these laws being enacted but the Trump appointees the extremists have a supermajority. He has to draw the line otherwise they'll lose legitimacy in the eyes of most people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

Disparate impact is a recognized legal theory.

Actually, conservatives have been doing their best for quite a while to make sure it's not. Will be funny (not really, just another in the long run of hyper-hypocritical decisions) if they rely on a disparate impact theory to invalidate school policies. Fortunately, Fairfax is wealthy enough to hire good enough lawyers to achieve their policy goals without making it so obvious in the future. (You know, like the GOP tries to do with all tis gerrymandering.)

The conservative wing of the court embracing a disparate impact claim would have liberals everywhere cheering (and racing to court houses). Most of theories of liability for housing, education, and work force discrimination involve disparate impact which is heavily disfavored by conservative courts including this Court.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these legal battles the best use of fcps tax dollars? Maybe if they spent more money on other aap programs people wouldn’t need to clamor so hard to get into the scarce resource that’s TJ

Just get rid of all race on apps

TJ doesn’t have race on the app.

Disparate impact is a recognized legal theory.

Interesting. So if certain races have much lower acceptance rates & enrollment #s than others is that a disparate impact?

Anyone know?