The Supreme Court Blessed Discrimination. Now That Might Aid DEI

If it’s OK with the US Supreme Court for the Boy Scouts to exclude gay men from its leadership, to be true to its values, why can’t other private organizations be true to their values by deliberately including certain types of people?

That reasoning carried the day in New Jersey in a landmark December decision that turned the tables on the movement to kill diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The decision—holding that the state bar association could reserve 13 leadership spots for people from specific ethnic or other groups—provides a court-approved defense to nonprofits putting more women on their boards, ...