Equal Protection Clause

Biographical Questions Forced Top ATC Candidates Out of FAA Hiring Pool

“The number of different high school sports I participated in.”
“The age at which I first started to earn money (other than an allowance).”
Strange questions to ask would-be air traffic controllers. Yet those questions and others were ones the Federal Aviation Administration asked potential air traffic controllers to answer as part of a new hiring system in 2013.

Brigida v. U.S. Department of Transportation

The FAA's Racial Politics Endangered Public Safety

The Obama administration dropped a skill-based system for selecting and hiring air traffic controllers, and replaced it with a new system designed to favor applicants on the basis of their race. The FAA purged its system of thousands of previously-qualified, ready-to-hire applicants simply because they did not fit the right biographical profile. The government endangered public safety and owes restitution for this grave injustice.

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Historical Case

Case Summary Issue: Whether a university’s use of race to grant admission violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection? Plaintiff: Abigail Noel Fisher Defendant: University of Texas at Austin and…

Ricci v. Destefano

Historical Case

Case Summary Issue: Whether the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause allows a government employer to reject the results of a civil service examination and election process, as required by the city…

Adarand v. Peña

Historical Case

MSLF is proud to have litigated the landmark case for government race-based programs, which must comply with equal protection guarantees of the Constitution.