Supreme Court skeptics debate UT affirmative action policy
The Supreme Court wrestles with race based admissions at the University of Texas. Conservatives question necessity and constitutionality while liberals defend the policy arguing for classroom diversity and personal benefits from affirmative action. Justice Scalia raises mismatch theory and questions UT's need for more black students.
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Supreme Court
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High Court
Sonia Sotomayor
Sotomayor
Princeton
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Scalia
Ucla Law
Richard Sander
FBI links California attack duo to years of planned plots
The FBI probes whether Syed Rizwan Farook and his neighbor who bought the guns discussed jihad online since 2013 and plotted an act of terror as early as 2012 before the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14. Investigators say they were inspired by foreign terrorist groups.
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Farook
Tashfeen Malik
Malik
United States
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Syria
Colorado clinic shooter pleads guilty declares warrior for the babies
Robert Lewis Dear, accused of killing three and wounding nine at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, told the court he was guilty and proclaimed I am a warrior for the babies. Prosecutors charged Dear with 179 crimes including murder and attempted murder.
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Chicago Mayor Emanuel apologizes as protesters demand resignation
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologized to the City Council over the Laquan McDonald case hours after crowds filled downtown streets. Protesters pressed for his resignation while he pledged reform, including a new police oversight head and a task force to review accountability amid calls to end the code of silence.
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Emanuel
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