On March 26 the United State Supreme Court heard an appeal to California’s Proposition 8, and the following day listened to oral arguments over the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The issue of same-sex marriage rights is all over the media and the LGBT community is listening.

The Supreme Court announced on Feb. 21 that it would hear an appeal from a white student who claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas based on racial discrimination.

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of law at the UC Irvine College of Law, discussed “Formalism Without Foundation: Stern v. Marshall” on Feb. 2 at the University of La Verne College of Law.