Defendant contends that Edelman's declaration must be stricken because it is affirmative testimony rather than rebuttal testimony.
Correction: An earlier version of this column mentioned Ward Churchill as a critic of affirmative action, rather than Ward Connerly.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut, asked whether Zuckerberg would agree to an opt-in standard of privacy, which seeks users' affirmative consent, rather than the current opt-out model.
A self-declared feminist, she also called last week for affirmative action rather than positive discrimination to increase the number of women on the bench.
It explains that the unions "equated transformation strictly with affirmative action rather than with the broader principles of human rights contained in the constitution.
CHARLES: Doesn't CT's perceived devaluing of his Yale law degree speak to institutionalized racism of the legal profession, thereby arguing for more affirmative action rather than less?
It represents not only a historic opportunity to end a lingering remnant of the Cold War but also the chance to push for an affirmative change rather than simply respond to crises in the Middle East.
Romney visited Warren in July 1970, and emphasized that affirmative action rather than forced integration was all that HUD was demanding, but the local populace was not satisfied and Romney was jeered as a police escort took him away from the meeting place.
Some progressive groups, like the Century Foundation, have in recent years moved toward supporting income-based affirmative action policies, rather than race-based ones, as a way of defusing the racial tensions around college admissions.
"This scandal exposed the fact that there is a misplaced emphasis on so-called affirmative action inequities, rather than privilege," said Mark Stucker, an educational consultant who hosts a weekly podcast called Your College-Bound Kid, which focuses on access and equity in education.
