University Of Michigan Sued Over Alleged Race, Sex Discrimination

The University of Michigan’s (UM) law review journal is allegedly using illegal racial preferencing to achieve a “diverse” board of student editors.

A lawsuit filed by the Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) accuses UM and the Michigan Law Review Association of being “unhappy with the demographic makeup produced by merit-based selection” and said the journal began using a “holistic” approach in which students were “encouraged to identify their race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in the personal statement.”

The journal is made up of students attending the university’s law school, who edit and operate the journal and are also responsible for selecting new members. Previously, the journal used a merit-based approach that based eligibility on a student’s first-year grades and performance in a writing competition, according to the complaint.

The lawsuit, filed by America First Legal (AFL) on behalf of FASORP, states that “left-wing students and affirmative-action devotees” corrupted the merit-based approach.

“No American should ever face discrimination based on their race,” Gene Hamilton, president of AFL, said in a statement to the DCNF. “Yet, despite clear law and multiple Supreme Court decisions, racial discrimination continues to be pervasive throughout academia. AFL will not tolerate this unconstitutional discrimination at the University of Michigan and is taking decisive action to restore meritocracy and protect American values.”