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| Not WoT:Court Limits Race As Factor in Admissions |
| 2003-06-23 |
| WASHINGTON - In two split decisions, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that minority applicants may be given an edge when applying for admissions to universities, but limited how much a factor race can play in the selection of students. The high court struck down a point system used by the University of Michigan, but did not go as far as opponents of affirmative action had wanted. The court approved a separate program used at the University of Michigan law school that gives race less prominence in the admissions decision-making process. The Constitution "does not prohibit the law school's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote. The court divided in both cases. It upheld the law school program that sought a "critical mass" of minorities by a 5-4 vote, with O'Connor siding with the court's more liberal justices to decide the case. The court split 6-3 in finding the undergraduate program unconstitutional. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote the majority opinion in the undergraduate case, joined by O'Connor and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. I know this has nothing to do with WoT,but CRAP. Now before you start yelling at me for being a bigot I have missed out on 4 good jobs to less qualified people. 1 example my cousin was hired at one of the local copper mines over me. Why,because she was a women,even though I had 3 years experience as a heavy equipment-operater. |
| Posted by:raptor |
| #3 Its time to abolish the federal judiciary, as the Constitution allows the Congress to establish and fund those courts it deems appropritae only the Supreme Court must exist. By eliminating the Federal judiciary it sends a message to those annointed who believe the Court has the wisdom to overide the people and judiciary. Does anyone believe this will impact seriously on quotas? I am sick of this country discriminating against one group of people while elevating another group. This isn't the America I grew up in. A pox on the Court for failing to defend the 14th amendment and abolishing this evil system. |
| Posted by: TJ Jackson 6/24/03 2:42:44 AM |
| #2 We have now enshrined racism as a fundamental principle of our country. I spit on O'Connor. |
| Posted by: someone 6/24/03 12:54:31 AM |
| #1 When will it end? When will we all be 'equal' and treated the same by the law, which now favors one group over another? (Maybe those questions are unanswerable. Maybe you'd have to have clairvoyance to answer those. O.K. then; if you can't answer 'when', answer 'what'. What conditions would have to be met so that, for example, black people would not be given extra points on college admissions? When blacks are 10%, 14.4%, 22.635467%, 33 1/3% of the college class? ) Actually, the answer is "Not until the groups of people not getting 'extra points' rise up and demand an end to this discrimination." As long as the gov't offers something, there will always be people with their hand out. |
| Posted by: eric 6/23/03 11:25:49 PM |