<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>American Civil Rights Institute Blog &#187; Pacific Legal Foundation</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.acri.org/blog/category/pacific-legal-foundation/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.acri.org/blog</link>
	<description>&#34;Race has no place in American Life or Law&#34;</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:11:37 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Model Racial Preferences Brief</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/08/05/model-racial-preferences-brief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/08/05/model-racial-preferences-brief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Center for Equal Opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Clegg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=6104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Legal Foundation&#8217;s Sharon Browne and the Center for Equal Opportunity&#8217;s Roger Clegg have created a model brief (31 pages PDF) for contractors and subcontractors who&#8217;ve been shut out of government contracts because of racial preferences.
Preferences proponents typically cite sentiment over the law to justify government discrimination. Black American&#8217;s ancestors were slaves, and blacks [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/08/05/model-racial-preferences-brief/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>California Supreme Court Upholds State&#8217;s Racial Preferences Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/08/03/california-supreme-court-upholds-states-racial-preferences-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/08/03/california-supreme-court-upholds-states-racial-preferences-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=6067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For almost three decades, the city of San Francisco set aside a certain percentage of government contracts for businesses owned by minorities and women, claiming preferences were necessary to remedy discrimination against these groups. After the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held the ordinance unconstitutional, the city eliminated the set-asides but retained bid discounts and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/08/03/california-supreme-court-upholds-states-racial-preferences-ban/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>California Court Voids Quota Law</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/07/06/court-agrees-quota-bill-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/07/06/court-agrees-quota-bill-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward Connerly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=5764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although California&#8217;s constitution bars the government from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals or groups on the basis of race in government employment, education, or contracting, proponents of race-based policies still resist obeying the law.
Last October, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who swore to uphold the constitution, signed into law a bill that directs state departments [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/07/06/court-agrees-quota-bill-unconstitutional/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Defend California&#8217;s Proposition 209</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/06/17/defend-californias-proposition-209/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/06/17/defend-californias-proposition-209/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward Connerly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=5638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I blogged about the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigration Rights By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) filing a lawsuit challenging Proposition 209, approved by 54 percent of California voters in 1996. The law bars the state from granting preferences to or discriminating against individuals or groups based on race in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/06/17/defend-californias-proposition-209/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>California Supreme Court to Hear San Fran Preferences Case</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/05/04/california-supreme-court-to-hear-san-fran-preferences-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/05/04/california-supreme-court-to-hear-san-fran-preferences-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=5220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, California&#8217;s highest court will hear arguments in Construction v. City Of San Francisco, a case in which two contractors challenged San Francisco&#8217;s preferential treatment ordinance. 
Although California state law bars the government from granting preferences to and discriminating against individuals or groups based on skin color in hiring, contracting, and admissions, San Francisco mandates [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/05/04/california-supreme-court-to-hear-san-fran-preferences-case/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sharon Browne on Voting Rights Case</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/06/17/sharon-browne-on-voting-rights-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/06/17/sharon-browne-on-voting-rights-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=1939</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Legal Foundation&#8217;s Sharon Browne talked about the Voting Rights case presently before the U.S Supreme Court on a Federalist Society podcast. 
Background: Decades ago, certain jurisdictions tried to keep blacks away from the polls. The infamous poll tax was one method. Over 40 years ago, Congress enacted a law (known as Section 5) [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/06/17/sharon-browne-on-voting-rights-case/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pacific Legal Foundation Sues Caltrans</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/06/12/pacific-legal-foundation-sues-caltrans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/06/12/pacific-legal-foundation-sues-caltrans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward Connerly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=1915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In April, we blogged about the California Department of Transportation&#8217;s (Caltrans) new hiring plan that takes race into account in public contracting. The Federal Highway Administration approved the race-based plan on diversity grounds. Yesterday, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLE) filed suit against Caltrans on behalf of a contractor. 
The agency set aside 6.75 percent of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/06/12/pacific-legal-foundation-sues-caltrans/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>California Appeals Court Says School Assignment By Race OK</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/18/california-appeals-court-says-school-assignment-by-race-ok/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/18/california-appeals-court-says-school-assignment-by-race-ok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=1265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the California Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether the Berkeley school district&#8217;s race-based pupil assignment plan is discriminatory. Yesterday the court ruled that Berkeley&#8217;s plan does not violate California&#8217;s ban on preferences. (Source)
The court contended that the policy &#8220;does not show partiality, prejudice or preference to any student on the basis of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/18/california-appeals-court-says-school-assignment-by-race-ok/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>City of Omaha to Change Rules Violating Preference Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/17/city-of-omaha-to-change-rules-violating-preference-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/17/city-of-omaha-to-change-rules-violating-preference-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative 424]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NECRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=1251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) sent a cease and desist letter to the city of Omaha requesting that it repeal sections of its municipal code that give race- and sex-based preferences in the awarding of public contracts.
In response, city attorney Paul Kratz said Omaha suspended the contracting rules after the November election, and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/17/city-of-omaha-to-change-rules-violating-preference-ban/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Los Angeles Magnet Schools May Assign Students Based on Race</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/12/22/los-angeles-magnet-schools-may-assign-students-based-on-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/12/22/los-angeles-magnet-schools-may-assign-students-based-on-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn Barber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Legal Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.acri.org/blog/?p=708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, the state appeals court in California ruled that Los Angeles may continue assigning students to magnet schools based on race, despite a 1996 law banning race preferences in government hiring, contracting, and admissions. (Source)
Unbelievable.
Los Angeles, like other cities across the country, were under court orders to racially balance government schools. In 1981, a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/12/22/los-angeles-magnet-schools-may-assign-students-based-on-race/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
