The US Justice Department has moved to intervene in a lawsuit alleging the University of California, Los Angeles unlawfully considers race and ethnicity for medical school admissions.
Backed by anti-DEI activist Edward Blum, the suit accuses the school of “intentional race balancing” in admissions to the David Geffen School of Medicine, in violation of state and federal law and contrary to the US Supreme Court’s 2023 decision limiting the use of race in university admissions.
The lawsuit is a matter of “general public importance” worthy of DOJ’s intervention, the department said in its Wednesday motion in the US District Court ...
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