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CEO Proposes "Racial Preference Disclosure Legislation"

Monday, 16 February 2004
Contact: David Gersten (703)421-5443 Federal and State Bills Would Require Universities to Detail Affirmative Action Policies Federal Legislation / State Legislation
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CEO Files Complaint Against Rice University

Sunday, 17 August 2003
Contact: David Gersten (703)421-5443 Asks Department of Education to Bar Reinstatement of Racial Preferences
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CEO Experts Will Comment on Supreme Court Affirmative Action Cases

Tuesday, 17 June 2003
Contact: David Gersten (703)421-5443
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CEO Uncovers More Discrimination at Virginia Tech

Tuesday, 10 June 2003
Request from Office for Civil Rights Results in Identification of Dozens More Programs [Memorandum listing VA Tech's discriminatory programs-pdf] [Attachments to Memorandum]
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Center for Equal Opportunity Posts Study on the University of Michigan’s Faulty Report

Monday, 26 May 2003
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Study Details UM’s Distortion of “Diversity” Data
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CEO Files Brief with the Supreme Court in Michigan Cases

Wednesday, 15 January 2003

Contact: Roger Clegg
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Urges Court to Reject “Diversity” Justification for Racial and Ethnic Discrimination

Wednesday, 15 January 2003
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Applause for yesterday’s statement is superseded by apprehension over what the brief will say
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Bush Is On Record as Opposing Racial and Ethnic Preferences

Thursday, 02 January 2003
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Chavez and Connerly Call on Bush to Stand by His Principles
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Linda Chavez Applauds Supreme Court’s Decision To Grant Review In Racial Preference Cases

Sunday, 01 December 2002
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Says All Races Will Win If Court Ends Discrimination in Admissions
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Center for Equal Opportunity Challenges Denver School Board to End Bilingual Education

Thursday, 25 July 2002
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for CEO

Sunday, 14 July 2002
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Court Orders University of Wisconsin to Release Data for Race Preference Study
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FED Requires Banks to Ask Race of Home-Loan Phone Applicants

Monday, 24 June 2002
Contact: David Gersten (703)421-5443 Linda Chavez Says New Rule Will Result in “More Discrimination, Not Less”
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Parents Challenge Albuquerque Public Schools in US Court of Appeals

Sunday, 05 May 2002
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443
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Virginia Attorney General Advises University on Use of Racial Preferences

Wednesday, 01 May 2002
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Linda Chavez Says Memo Doesn’t Go Far Enough
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Racial Discrimination Found at Virginia Law Schools

Wednesday, 24 April 2002
Contact: Roger Clegg (703)421-5443 Two of Virginia’s Three Public Law Schools Use Severe Admissions Discrimination
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Florida School Districts Targeted for Racial Bias Lawsuits

Thursday, 21 March 2002
Florida School Districts Targeted for Racial Bias Lawsuits (Sterling Virginia) Two prominent civil rights organizations announced today they have sent letters to over forty Florida school districts requesting they no longer admit students to gifted/talented programs using race-based criterion.
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Civil Rights Lawyer Testifies in Favor of New Hampshire Bill

Monday, 18 March 2002
Contact: David Gersten (703)421-5443 CEO General Counsel Roger Clegg Discusses Need for Anti-Preference Legislation in Granite State
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Senator Jon Kyl Hails Release of New English-Immersion Guidebook

Monday, 21 May 2001
Contact: David Gersten (202)639-0803
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Caution on Hunt v. Cromartie

Thursday, 19 April 2001
Contact: David Gersten (202)639-0803 Center for Equal Opportunity Warns Against Misinterpreting Recent Supreme Court Ruling
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University of Maryland School of Medicine Discriminates Based on Race

Thursday, 29 March 2001
Contact: David Gersten (202)639-0803 Latest CEO Study Finds Strong Evidence of Preferences for African-Americans
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Civil Rights Leaders Promise Oversight Of Racial Gerrymandering After 2000 Census

Wednesday, 07 March 2001
Contact: David Gersten (202)639-0803 Experts Send Letter, Legal Opinion to State Officials
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Discrimination in University Admissions Documented as a Nationwide Problem

Wednesday, 21 February 2001
Contact: David Gersten (202)639-0803 Racial and Ethnic Preferences for Blacks and Hispanics Is Widespread
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Report Finds that Bilingual Programs Fail Arizona Students

Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Contact: David Gersten (202)639-0803
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