Harvard Law Review’s Race-Conscious Submissions Rubric Revealed as Israel Intensifies Strikes on Iranian Sites
Heightened federal scrutiny of race-conscious article selection brings fresh attention to U.S. support for Israel’s targeting of Iran’s nuclear and security infrastructure.
Overview
- Internal records expose a four-stage rubric at Harvard Law Review that eliminated over 85 percent of submissions based on author diversity criteria and citation demographics.
- The documents span selection cycles in 2024 and 2025 following the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban and have triggered multiple federal investigations into the journal’s practices.
- From Tuesday evening to Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces struck uranium enrichment facilities, a centrifuge production site in Tehran, internal security headquarters and over 40 missile depots in Iran.
- President Trump privately urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “keep going” with operations against Iran, signaling deepening U.S. alignment with Israel’s campaign.
- A J.L. Partners poll shows 58 percent of GOP voters and 65 percent of self-identified MAGA Republicans back U.S. strikes on Iran, highlighting strong domestic support for further military action.