Supreme Court of the United States

Media Misrepresentation of Affirmative Action Challenged in Expert Commentary

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Monday, July 31, 2023

The post delivers expert commentary on the latest developments in the U.S. educational landscape and the media's portrayal of affirmative action.

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  • The post delivers expert commentary on the latest developments in the U.S. educational landscape and the media's portrayal of affirmative action.
  • Finally, Caller highlights inherent flaws within affirmative action programmes, such as using tax payment as a gauge of a family's financial standing, leading to inconsistencies that can blur the effectiveness of these initiatives.
  • Adam Caller's commentary concludes with a call to action for the media to shift from focusing on mere numbers to proportional representation, pushing for improved comprehension and representation of diversity within applicant pools and calling for substantial enhancements within affirmative action frameworks.
  • To read Adam Caller's complete commentary, please visit the Tutors International Blog .

The Coalition of Concerned Freedmen™ Issues Four Calls-to-Action in Open Letter to College Presidents Demanding Lineage-Based Affirmative Action for Descendants of U.S. Slaves/Free Negroes

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Friday, July 28, 2023

It is Black descendants of U.S. slaves and free Negroes who, from 1776 through today, bear an unbroken chain of discrimination including what the Supreme Court calls "the badges and incidents of slavery."

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  • It is Black descendants of U.S. slaves and free Negroes who, from 1776 through today, bear an unbroken chain of discrimination including what the Supreme Court calls "the badges and incidents of slavery."
  • Until now, resisters have successfully turned 14A & affirmative action into history-blind weapons against U.S. Freedmen.
  • Considering the haze of misinformation and disinformation, institutional leaders are asking how they can help affirmative action return to the original intent of repairing U.S. Negro Freedmen.
  • The Coalition of Concerned Freedmen™ supports the first-of-kind litmus to identify descendants of U.S. chattel slaves and descendants of free Negroes (U.S. Negro Freedmen) established by the California AB 3121 reparations taskforce.

Alabama is not the first state to defy a Supreme Court ruling: 3 essential reads on why that matters

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

“States shouldn’t let race be the primary factor in deciding how to draw boundaries, but it should be a consideration,” Roberts wrote.

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  • “States shouldn’t let race be the primary factor in deciding how to draw boundaries, but it should be a consideration,” Roberts wrote.
  • “The line we have drawn is between consciousness and predominance.”
    Alabama state officials submitted the state’s new boundaries by the Republican-controlled state legislature in late July.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court took up a similar case and in June 2022, decided to roll back some its 2020 decision.
  • “That immense power has arguably made the court a leading player in enacting policy in the U.S,” Pacelle wrote.

Gold Resource Corporation Reports Mid-Year Operational Results

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce its mid-year and quarterly operational results from its Don David Gold Mine (DDGM) near Oaxaca, Mexico, and a corporate update on its other activities.

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  • Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce its mid-year and quarterly operational results from its Don David Gold Mine (DDGM) near Oaxaca, Mexico, and a corporate update on its other activities.
  • To offset these factors, we continue to identify and implement opportunities for other cost reductions and operational efficiencies.
  • Safety at Gold Resource Corporation is paramount.
  • The DDGM diamond drilling program has progressed as planned during the second quarter with encouraging results.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America's history of racial discrimination

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 summer recess, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote majority opinions that involved the use of race.

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  • In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 summer recess, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote majority opinions that involved the use of race.
  • In the court’s 5-4 Allen v. Milligan decision, Roberts wrote that states must consider race in some circumstances when drawing congressional districts.
  • Though Roberts’ opinions appear at odds, his general disdain for the use of race is not.

Use of race to determine political districts

    • At issue in the Alabama case was whether the power of Black voters was diluted by dividing them into districts where white voters dominate.
    • Black residents make up about 27% of the state’s population, and voting rights advocates argued that they deserved not one but two political districts.
    • Second, if the racial minority is politically cohesive, meaning that its members tend to vote together for the same candidates.
    • All three conditions were true in Alabama, and the totality of the circumstances suggested minority voters did not participate equally in the political process in the area.
    • “States shouldn’t let race be the primary factor in deciding how to draw boundaries, but it should be a consideration,” Roberts wrote.

The use of race in college admissions

    • Roberts had a different view of race and its importance in diversifying college campuses.
    • He argued that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment – and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act – strictly limited how schools could use race in admissions.
    • “College admissions are zero sum, and a benefit provided to some applicants but not to others necessarily advantages the former at the expense of the latter,” Roberts wrote.
    • Though Roberts could have used previous U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1978’s Regents of the University of California v. Bakke or its 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision to continue to allow the use of race in college admissions, he did not.

Roberts’ opinions reveal racial ambivalence

    • In both circumstances, the use of race worked as a corrective to discriminatory voting laws and college admissions practices.
    • In congressional redistricting, race is used to build districts to counter racial bloc voting and de facto residential and ideological segregation.
    • In her dissent in the North Carolina affirmative action case, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spells out the problem with Roberts’ ambivalence on race.

Mathew Rosengart Recognized as 2023 Los Angeles Business Journal Top Litigator and Trial Attorney

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mathew S. Rosengart, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, again was named to the "Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys" list by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of "the trusted advisors you want in your corner in court." The publication further characterized Rosengart as "one of the nation's foremost trial lawyers."

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  • Mathew S. Rosengart, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, again was named to the "Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys" list by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of "the trusted advisors you want in your corner in court."
  • LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mathew S. Rosengart , a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP , again was named to the " Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys " list by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of "the trusted advisors you want in your corner in court."
  • The publication further characterized Rosengart as "one of the nation's foremost trial lawyers."
  • Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor and Justice Department Trial Attorney, recently was described by his long-time client Sean Penn as "a tough as nails streetfighter with a big brain and bigger principles."

W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Emmy-Nominated Actor Tyler James Williams Shine a Light on the Importance of Quality Early Child Care and Education

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Early child care and education systems play an outsized role in children's development. However, systemic barriers, such as a lack of funding, workforce shortages, cultural and language challenges and implicit bias, disproportionately affect children of color and children from low-income families. Educators, caregivers, communities and organizations are working tirelessly to break down these barriers every day so that all children can be successful in the classroom and beyond. To recognize and celebrate their impact, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has launched a storytelling campaign with Emmy-nominated actor Tyler James Williams.

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  • BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Early child care and education systems play an outsized role in children's development.
  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has launched a storytelling campaign with Emmy-nominated actor Tyler James Williams.
  • "It means the world to me to partner with the Kellogg Foundation on this project because it brings action to the art.
  • The challenges facing early child care and education in recent years have been increasingly concerning.

Strive Urges McDonald's to Set Discrimination Aside and Put Shareholders First

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Strive underscored that McDonald's diversity policies not only pose legal risks but financial risks as well.

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  • Strive underscored that McDonald's diversity policies not only pose legal risks but financial risks as well.
  • Consequently, McDonald’s policies are likely already costing shareholders and jeopardizing the company’s long-term value, even setting the legal risks aside.
  • "Prior to the Fair Admissions decision, many workplace DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs were legally dubious,” stated Justin Danhof , Strive Head of Corporate Governance.
  • To comply with the law and safeguard shareholders from costly litigation, McDonald’s should swiftly eliminate these programs.”

CVMSDC ENCOURAGES CORPORATIONS & MINORITY BUSINESSES TO 'ELEVATE' AT THIS YEAR'S BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE (BOC23), AUG. 1-2 IN RICHMOND, VA

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The two-day event is themed Elevate, a call to empower and uplift Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Corporate Partner supplier development initiatives.

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  • The two-day event is themed Elevate, a call to empower and uplift Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Corporate Partner supplier development initiatives.
  • Corporate representatives attending BOC23 are encouraged to engage with qualified and certified minority business suppliers; collaborate with other CVMSDC corporate partners; build relationships with Minority Business Enterprises; and diversify their supplier base to enhance innovation in supplier development.
  • Minority business owners can maximize their sales and marketing opportunities; match with potential corporate clients; engage with industry thought leaders; and network with other diverse suppliers.
  • The Carolinas-Virginia MSDC is a non-profit corporation chartered to enhance business opportunities for minority-owned companies by providing support through developing mutually beneficial networking opportunities with Corporate Partners and promoting minority business development.

Two authors are suing OpenAI for training ChatGPT with their books. Could they win?

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Friday, July 7, 2023

You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas contained in it.

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  • You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas contained in it.
  • Somebody then asks you a question about the book.
  • Read more:
    ChatGPT is confronting, but humans have always adapted to new technology – ask the Mesopotamians, who invented writing

What’s the lawsuit’s chance of success?

    • These LLMs train on data in the form of written works in order to provide natural language responses to prompts.
    • The basis of the lawsuit is that OpenAI trained itself on their novels and produced accurate summaries of their works when prompted.
    • Notably, the lawsuit does not specify which specific parts of Awad and Tremblay’s novels have been unlawfully copied and reproduced in the summaries.
    • Read more:
      Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability

How does Australian law apply?

    • Moore’s Law, a calculation that estimates the capacity of digital technology doubles roughly every two years, suggests the rate of this development might be exponential.
    • Would our fair dealing laws step in and protect the development of technology – or would our law side with the authors?
    • The Australian Copyright Act contains provisions on time-shifting and fair dealing for parody.
    • Yet, Australia has repeatedly declined to house fair use within its law.

Ideas are not protected

    • Like the United States, Australian law protects tangible expression, but not ideas.
    • People need to be free to use ideas in subsequent works.
    • And a formidable barrier emerges in the bedrock ideas of copyright law.