By Jaweed Kaleem and Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times
A federal lawsuit accuses the University of California of illegally considering race when accepting new students, alleging that the system’s long-term growth of Black and Latino enrollment would not be possible under a state law prohibiting the use of race in admissions and a Supreme Court ruling that struck down affirmative action.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in California’s Central District federal court on behalf of Asian American and white students who are considering applying to UC campuses as first-year applicants, transfers or law students. It alleges that UC gives “discriminatory preferences to non-Asian racial minorities” in violation of Proposition 209, the Constitution’s equal protection clause and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says groups that receive federal funding cannot racially discriminate.
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Lawyers representing the plaintiff, Students Against Racial Discrimination, include those from America First Legal, which was founded by President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller. The group is also represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former solicitor general of Texas.
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