School officials began using race and ethnicity as admission criteria four years ago to assemble a group of students reflecting California's public school population.

Democrats counter that Republicans are trying once again to use race and ethnicity to try to capture a safely Democratic seat.

Now that the stay has been issued, however, the board plans to return to using race or ethnicity as a factor in granting the scholarships.

Mr. Gianaris's success is an extreme example of how candidates for local offices have used ethnicity in seeking campaign money around the nation.

"Now he is using ethnicity and religion as the basis for his official actions," the Senator continued.

There are secular Jews, who do use ethnicity and culture as their defining criteria.

You cannot use race, ethnicity, language or dress as a proxy for being an alien.

The press is now trying the case in absentia, and they're using Eddie's looks and ethnicity as evidence.

Mr. Ford said it would be unconstitutional to use race or ethnicity as a basis for bail.

But using race or ethnicity as the whole of the analysis is unacceptable, he said.