{"id":116810,"date":"2021-02-03T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116810"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:42:40","slug":"bidens-justice-department-drops-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-justice-department-drops-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Justice Department Drops Discrimination Lawsuit Against Yale"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-justice-department-drops-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116810&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1041857750_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Justice Department on Wednesday abandoned its Trump-era lawsuit that claimed Yale University discriminated against Asian and white applicants during its admissions process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision upends the department&#8217;s two-year investigation of the university, which<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/courts\/yale-discriminates-against-asian-white-applicants-justice-department-says\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">concluded<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in August. Federal investigators initially found that Yale&#8217;s admissions process is <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/courts\/inside-the-justice-departments-case-against-yale\/\">discriminatory<\/a> and unlawful because &#8220;preferred racial groups&#8221; are more likely to be admitted than equally qualified Asian and white applicants.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/justice-dept-abandons-admissions-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale\/\"><strong>Biden&#8217;s Justice Department Drops Discrimination Lawsuit Against Yale<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/\"><strong>Republicans Slam Psaki&#8217;s Space Force Slight<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\"><strong>Road Rage Incident Could Undermine Radical Prosecutor&#8217;s Promotion to U.S. Attorney<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Justice Department previously threatened to sue Yale if it continued using race as a predominant factor. A department spokesman said at the time that Yale&#8217;s case was different from other affirmative action cases because the school often used race as the &#8220;determinative&#8221; factor for admitting students.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black students with the same academic qualifications as Asian students were up to eight times as likely to gain admission to Yale, the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/data-reveal-how-yale-discriminates-based-on-race\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;last year<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yale spokeswoman Karen Peart said the school is &#8220;grateful&#8221; for the Justice Department&#8217;s decision. The school has denied all allegations that it treated Asian and white applicants unfairly during its admissions process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The move signifies the Justice Department could also reverse its decision to back Students for Fair Admissions in the group&#8217;s lawsuit against Harvard University. In 2014, the group sued Harvard, alleging the school&#8217;s admissions process discriminated against Asian American students. The Justice Department wrote an amicus brief on behalf of Students for Fair Admissions in February 2020.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the Justice Department&#8217;s decision in the Yale case\u2014and prior Supreme Court decisions confirming the constitutionality of affirmative action\u2014some legal scholars consider a conservative majority on the Supreme Court a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2021\/1\/20\/biden-admin-admissions-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">threat<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to precedents that support race-based admissions processes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department on Wednesday abandoned its Trump-era lawsuit that claimed Yale University discriminated against Asian and white applicants during its admissions process. 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