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Affirmative action ruling to spawn litigation
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Affirmative action ruling to spawn litigation
By RICHARD B. SCHMITT AND JUSTIN GEST Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Washington -- The Supreme Court's decision this week narrowly
upholding affirmative action clarified the law on the use of race in
university admission decisions -- just enough to ensure years of
future lawsuits over how the ruling will be implemented, observers on
both sides of the issue said.
Civil rights groups said the ruling offers a ro...
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Analysis: Ongoing affirmative action cases in the Supreme Court
NPR Tavis Smiley
; TONY COX NPR Tavis Smiley 04-25-2003 Analysis: Ongoing affirmative action cases in the Supreme Court Host: TONY COX Time: 9:00-10:00 AM TONY COX, host: From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tony Cox, in for Tavis Smiley. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard two cases from the University of Michigan
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AFFIRMED... FOR NOW THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION MADE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RESOUNDINGLY LEGAL. NOW COMES THE HARD PART - MAKING IT UNNECESSARY.
The Boston Globe
; AS A RESULT of its recent decisions in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, the Supreme Court has at long last resolved a key dispute in America's still raging culture wars-at least for the time being. For over 30 years, critics and supporters of affirmative action have been
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The wrong decision, poorly made; Affirmative action.(A mistake by the Supreme Court)
The Economist (US)
; The Supreme Court has made America's crazy racial-preference rules crazier still MANY Americans breathed a sigh of relief about this week's ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action . In a 5-4 ruling, the court decided that universities (and by extension companies and the armed forces) can
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NAACP strongly backs affirmative action plans, criticizes their detractors Convention speakers assail Supreme Court for rulings, lack of minority clerks
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; The nation's oldest civil rights organization stood firmly behind affirmative action on Monday, largely scorning compromise on the issue and attacking its critics, including the Supreme Court. Talk of accommodation was in short supply at the convention of the National Association for the
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Weighing Affirmative Action As Supreme court tackles the polarizing issue Tuesday
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... points system to rate applicants. On a scale of 150 points, students can earn a full 20 points for race, according a university news release. However, the school argues that these points are given for socioeconomic disadvantages as well, something not specific ...
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