Appeal Over University Caste Bias Ban Encounters 9th Cir. Doubts

A federal appeals court panel expressed skepticism Thursday over two Hindu professors’ claims that their California university’s addition of caste to its anti-discrimination policy violated their constitutional rights, as the judges questioned whether they’d shown the change caused them harm.

The professors, Sunil Kumar and Praveen Sinha, are asking the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to revive their case after losing in lower court on several constitutional claims, some dismissed for lack of standing and some lost on the merits.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit heard arguments Thursday remotely, because of ongoing wildfires near the ...