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+## Thursday, December 11, 2015
+
+A call was made to the <i>Equity & Inclusion in Physics & Astronomy</i> facebook page, to 
+respond to comments made by Chief Justice John Roberts during the ongoing Fisher vs. University of Texas case.
+
+[NPR: Heated Arguments Fly At Supreme Court Over Race in College Admissions](http://www.npr.org/2015/12/09/459099492/supreme-court-revisits-affirmative-action-in-higher-education)
+
+Already, many leaders within STEM fields and bloggers had responded individually to the comments made by both 
+Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Scalia.
+
+[Andrew Rosenberg, from The Union of Concerned Scientists](http://blog.ucsusa.org/andrew-rosenberg/the-depressing-comments-of-justice-scalia-on-african-american-students)
+
+[Jedidah Isler on Storify](https://storify.com/JedidahIslerPhD/jedidah-isler-s-thoughts-on-scalia-s-remarks)
+
+[Scales of Scalia: A Pragmatic Assessment of Judicial Bias](https://singularityfree.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/scales-of-scalia-a-pragmatic-assessment-of-judicial-bias/)
+
+[There is no remedial physics](https://medium.com/@Drtlxian/there-is-no-remedial-physics-5d8206c589d9#.vsstbi50f)
+
+[The subtle yet real racism of the Supreme Court](http://mahalonottrash.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-subtle-yet-real-racism-of-supreme.html)
+
+
+## Friday, December 12, 2015
+
+In collaboration with several members, a letter was drafted and disseminated via Google forms
+to petition signatures.  Within one hour, 75 signatures were collected.
+
+## Monday, December 14, 2015
+
+By Monday morning, over 2000 signatures were collected.
+
+At 3:30 PM EST, a total of 2419 unique signatures were printed with the letter: 
+a total of 33 pages of signatures, footnote sized and in two column format.
+
+Eight copies were mailed in total, addressed to each Justice hearing the case.  
+
+The Google form was closed at 5:30 PM EST.
+
+Two news outlets picked up the story.
+
+[mic.com: Actual scientists speak out to defend affirmative action](http://mic.com/articles/130302/actual-scientists-speak-out-to-defend-affirmative-action-to-the-supreme-court#.cfrZormxQ)
+
+[Jezebel: Scientists combat Scalia's recent arguments against affirmative action](http://jezebel.com/scientists-combat-scalias-recent-arguments-against-affi-1747739008)
+
+
+## Tuesday, December 15, 2015
+
+[Gawker: Physicists reject notion that racial and gender diversity have no value in science](http://gawker.com/physicists-reject-notion-that-racial-and-gender-diversi-1748054932)
+
+Sam Aronson, president of the American Physical Society drafts a response to the statements made during the Supreme Court case. 
+The statement is endorsed by the Pauel Gueye, President of the National Society of Black Physicists.
+
+[Statement on Diversity in Physics from APS President Sam Aronson](http://www.aps.org/about/governance/letters/scotus.cfm?utm_content=buffere0643&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)