Cornell law professor launches battle against racism spawned by the left’s ‘equity agenda’

Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson isn’t a fan of racial discrimination, even when it occurs in the name of promoting racial equity.

Mr. Jacobson, who runs the Legal Insurrection blog, has unveiled the Equal Protection Project, an initiative aimed at investigating, exposing and litigating racial-preference programs that have proliferated nationwide as equity advocates seek to ensure equality of outcome, not just opportunity.

The project’s guiding principle: “The remedy for racism never is more racism.”

“Our highest ideal as a society is enshrined in the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, and federal, state...