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Bringing Sex Discrimination Under Strict Scrutiny: The Need for an Equal Rights Amendment

This year, the United States celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification. This amendment began a decades-long process of enfranchising women across the country. By enshrining, for both sexes, the right to vote, the Nineteenth Amendment formally recognized that women do indeed have a role in making political, legal, social, and economic decisions. However, while this amendment legitimized women’s presence in the public sphere, it did not fully grant them equal rights within it.

Mrinalini Sisodia WadhwaDecember 29, 2020sex discrimination, Equal Rights Amendment, strict scrutiny, equal protection, Fourteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

Has the College Board Found a Way to End the Controversy Behind Affirmative Action?

While the College Board’s intention is to contextualize an applicant’s relative performance on their SAT exam, the role that Landscape plays in admissions processes is left up to individual institutions. As a result, this new process raises new concerns regarding affirmative action, a set of policies aimed at decreasing discrimination in employment and education, something the Supreme Court has struggled to establish a clear framework for.

Katy BrennanNovember 7, 2019affirmative action, College Board, strict scrutiny, diversity, college admissionComment