Affirmative action is a policy used by colleges and universities to ensure educational opportunities for minorities. The Supreme Court is poised to reverse this.
One of the cases includes the affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard have ruled that affirmative action is constitutional.“The cases are not different. The court is different, much like in the Roe versus Wade, strike down, we have now a more conservative court,” she said. “40 years ago, the courts said yeah, we have an interest in making sure our schools are diverse and so there's a compelling interest to treat people differently.
Affirmative action is a policy used by colleges and universities to ensure educational opportunities for minorities.“This court is very skeptical of that. We tried that, said the court; we looked at that, we did that and now we can't treat people differently under the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause and also under the civil rights laws,” Conti said. “So I think we're going to see affirmative action stricken down.
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