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Edward Jay Blum (born 1952) is an American conservative litigant who opposes classifications and preferences based on race and ethnicity. [1] Blum is the director of the Project on Fair Representation, which he founded in 2005.
Oct 27, 2022 · The lawsuits, which challenge the legality of admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC), are the latest in conservative activist Edward Blum’s mission...
- Madeleine Carlisle
Blum is not a lawyer, but he has a long history of crafting legal attacks on civil rights. After losing a congressional election in the early 1990s, Blum, who is white, challenged the Texas redistricting process as discriminating in favor of African American and Latinx voters.
- Sarah Hinger
- Deputy Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Aug 23, 2023 · Anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum departs after the U.S. Supreme Court heard appeals in two cases brought by an organization he founded on the legality of race-conscious admissions...
Oct 28, 2022 · For almost three decades, Blum, who is not a lawyer, has been knee-deep in litigation: Since 1996, he has orchestrated eight lawsuits that have made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, including some...
May 29, 2023 · Blum, a self-proclaimed “amateur litigator,” has spent two decades building legal teams and searching for like-minded plaintiffs who also believe that racial preferences violate the equal...
Oct 31, 2022 · Edward Blum, a financial adviser who is not a lawyer, is the force behind the affirmative action lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill now before the...
