Brian Soucek
@brsoucek.bsky.social
Professor at UC Davis Law School, where I teach con law & civil procedure and write about academic freedom & aesthetics. Author of The Opinionated University (U Chicago Press 2025) and Permitting Art (Cabinet).
https://law.ucdavis.edu/people/brian-soucek
https://law.ucdavis.edu/people/brian-soucek
The real problem with UVA's agreement today is that it gives the US the "sole discretion" to decide questions like these. And I have a hunch that Pam Bondi is going to interpret the Bondi memo as consistent with "relevant judicial decisions." So UVA hasn't given itself much of an out here... /end
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The real problem with UVA's agreement today is that it gives the US the "sole discretion" to decide questions like these. And I have a hunch that Pam Bondi is going to interpret the Bondi memo as consistent with "relevant judicial decisions." So UVA hasn't given itself much of an out here... /end
Are the opinions endorsing race-neutral means of promoting diversity INCONSISTENT with the Bondi memo, or does Bondi just go beyond them, supplementing their colorblindness regarding means with an additional requirement that ends be colorblind too? /3
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Are the opinions endorsing race-neutral means of promoting diversity INCONSISTENT with the Bondi memo, or does Bondi just go beyond them, supplementing their colorblindness regarding means with an additional requirement that ends be colorblind too? /3
For example, the Bondi memo prohibits race-neutral recruitment strategies like "targeting specific geographic areas" that "correlate with" race. Conservative justices on the Supreme Court have long recommended the use of race-neutral methods like these. /2
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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Justice Department Releases Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice released Guidance to ensure that recipients of federal funding do not engage in unlawful discrimination. In particular, it clarifies that federal antidis...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
For example, the Bondi memo prohibits race-neutral recruitment strategies like "targeting specific geographic areas" that "correlate with" race. Conservative justices on the Supreme Court have long recommended the use of race-neutral methods like these. /2
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Sorry, Vice Provost*
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sorry, Vice Provost*
