As a legal academic, Graglia was very conservative.[2] He was a critic of affirmative action and racial quotas, and a critic of some aspects of judicial review, believing that the courts are an illegitimate avenue for securing social change.[citation needed]
His wife, F. Carolyn Graglia, is an author who has written a book critical of feminism entitled Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminism.
Graglia died on January 30, 2022, in Austin, Texas.[3]
In the mid-1980s, Graglia was considered by President Ronald Reagan for a newly created federal judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, but he eventually was withdrawn in late spring 1986 due to controversy over articles Graglia had written about desegregation busing as well as remarks Graglia made which were alleged to be racially insensitive.[4] The following year, Reagan nominated Jerry Edwin Smith to the seat to which Graglia had been nominated, and Smith was confirmed easily.
Racist remarksedit
Graglia made a speech on UT campus in 1997 in which he said that "blacks and Mexican-Americans can't compete academically with whites."[5] The speech was at a meeting of the Students for Equal Opportunity on the topic of the Hopwood v. Texas case, which ended discrimination against UT Law applicants who were not members of a designated "minority" group (in 2003 the Supreme Court abrogated Hopwood in Grutter v. Bollinger). The comment was widely reported and generated discussions across the country.
Blacks are not in fact 'underrepresented,' but rather 'overrepresented'—that is, their numbers are disproportionately high—in institutions of higher education once IQ scores are taken into account.[6]
In 2009 Graglia was a speaker at a conference organized by white separatist Michael H. Hart on the claimed need to defend "America's Judeo-Christian heritage and European identity."[7][8]
In 2012, he suggested that blacks and Hispanics are falling behind in education because they are increasingly raised in single-parent families.[9][10]
Writingsedit
Disaster by Decree: The Supreme Court's Decision on Race and the Schools, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y., 1976, ISBN0-8014-0980-2
The Supreme Court's Busing Decisions: A Study in Government by the Judiciary, International Institute for Economic Research, Los Angeles, 1978, OCLC 4685651
Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Demise of Popular Government, Institute of United States Studies, University of London, London, 1997, ISBN9780718714468
Notesedit
^Paul, Miller, and Paul. Freedom of Speech, Volume 21, list of contributors.
^Kozlowski & Lewis, The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary 12 (2006)
^"In Memoriam: Remembering Professor Lino Graglia, Texas Law Faculty Member for 50 Years".
^Littlewood, Daniel (December 11, 2012). "WATCH: UT Law Professor Trashes Affirmative Action, Single Motherhood". Huffington Post.
External linksedit
Web page at UT
February 16, 2024
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Lino Graglia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lino Anthony Graglia January 22 1930 January 30 2022 was the A W Walker Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas specializing in antitrust litigation He earned a BA from the City College of New York in 1952 and an LLB from Columbia University in 1954 before working in the Eisenhower administration s United States Department of Justice He thereafter practiced law in Washington D C and New York City before joining the University of Texas law school in 1966 1 As a legal academic Graglia was very conservative 2 He was a critic of affirmative action and racial quotas and a critic of some aspects of judicial review believing that the courts are an illegitimate avenue for securing social change citation needed His wife F Carolyn Graglia is an author who has written a book critical of feminism entitled Domestic Tranquility A Brief Against Feminism Graglia died on January 30 2022 in Austin Texas 3 Contents 1 Failed nomination to the Fifth Circuit 2 Racist remarks 3 Writings 4 Notes 5 External linksFailed nomination to the Fifth Circuit editFurther information Ronald Reagan judicial appointment controversies In the mid 1980s Graglia was considered by President Ronald Reagan for a newly created federal judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit but he eventually was withdrawn in late spring 1986 due to controversy over articles Graglia had written about desegregation busing as well as remarks Graglia made which were alleged to be racially insensitive 4 The following year Reagan nominated Jerry Edwin Smith to the seat to which Graglia had been nominated and Smith was confirmed easily Racist remarks editGraglia made a speech on UT campus in 1997 in which he said that blacks and Mexican Americans can t compete academically with whites 5 The speech was at a meeting of the Students for Equal Opportunity on the topic of the Hopwood v Texas case which ended discrimination against UT Law applicants who were not members of a designated minority group in 2003 the Supreme Court abrogated Hopwood in Grutter v Bollinger The comment was widely reported and generated discussions across the country In an article titled The Affirmative Action Fraud published in 1999 in the Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law Graglia cited The Bell Curve a book by professor Richard J Herrnstein and American Enterprise Institute political scientist Charles Murray to assert the following Blacks are not in fact underrepresented but rather overrepresented that is their numbers are disproportionately high in institutions of higher education once IQ scores are taken into account 6 In 2009 Graglia was a speaker at a conference organized by white separatist Michael H Hart on the claimed need to defend America s Judeo Christian heritage and European identity 7 8 In 2012 he suggested that blacks and Hispanics are falling behind in education because they are increasingly raised in single parent families 9 10 Writings editDisaster by Decree The Supreme Court s Decision on Race and the Schools Cornell University Press Ithaca N Y 1976 ISBN 0 8014 0980 2 The Supreme Court s Busing Decisions A Study in Government by the Judiciary International Institute for Economic Research Los Angeles 1978 OCLC 4685651 Courting Disaster The Supreme Court and the Demise of Popular Government Institute of United States Studies University of London London 1997 ISBN 9780718714468Notes edit Paul Miller and Paul Freedom of Speech Volume 21 list of contributors Kozlowski amp Lewis The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary 12 2006 In Memoriam Remembering Professor Lino Graglia Texas Law Faculty Member for 50 Years HighBeam dead link Salon David Horowitz Archived from the original on April 7 2000 Retrieved 2004 12 26 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FRAUD LINO A GRAGLIA Archived 2005 05 31 at the Wayback Machine Statement of Purpose Preserving Western Civilization Archived from the original on 18 September 2021 Retrieved 18 September 2021 Conference 2009 Preserving Western Civilization Archived from the original on 2021 05 06 Retrieved 2020 06 26 Parker Kathleen December 13 2012 Reluctant First Father Florida Today Melbourne Florida pp 7A Littlewood Daniel December 11 2012 WATCH UT Law Professor Trashes Affirmative Action Single Motherhood Huffington Post External links editWeb page at UT Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lino Graglia amp oldid 1161563402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
