# Edward Blum The legal entrepreneur behind the most consequential anti–civil-rights-era litigation of the 21st century. Edward Blum is not a lawyer but a strategist who identifies sympathetic plaintiffs, builds single-issue organizations (the Project on Fair Representation; [[Students for Fair Admissions]]), and runs test cases up to the Supreme Court to dismantle race-conscious law. His record is remarkable: he engineered [[Shelby County v. Holder]] (2013, gutting Voting Rights Act preclearance), [[Fisher v. Texas I and II]] (2013–2016, tightening affirmative-action review), and [[Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard]] (2023, ending race-conscious college admissions). After losing in *Fisher*, Blum retooled — recruiting Asian American plaintiffs and reframing the claim — to win in *SFFA*. He is the human embodiment of the "colorblind Constitution" litigation strategy. ## See Also - [[Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard]] — His landmark win - [[Fisher v. Texas I and II]] — The instructive loss that set up SFFA - [[Shelby County v. Holder]] — His earlier voting-rights victory - [[Affirmative Action]] — The regime his cases dismantled