· 10/23/2023
Fakhimi v. United States Department of State
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- holding that allegation that applicant is “able and ready” to reapply is sufficient to establish standing to seek prospective relief
- holding that, plaintiff asserting claims regarding race-based preferences in admission of transfer students had standing also to represent claims based on race-based preferences in admission of freshmen
- holding that “discrimination that violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment committed by an institution that accepts federal funds also constitutes a violation of Title VI”
- holding that a potential applicant had standing to challenge a school’s admissions policies because his credentials were “in the qualified range”
- holding that the “administrative challenges” of “providing in- dividualized consideration” do not justify bypassing “narrow[ ] tailor[ing]”
- holding that “racial classifications are simply too pernicious to permit any but the most exact connection between justification and classification.”
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Judges: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
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