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1. If Affirmative Action Is Doomed, What's Next?

Author

Leonhardt, David

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Cases, Minority students -- Education, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, College integration -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Affirmative action as we know it is probably doomed. When you ask top Obama administration officials and people in the federal court system about the issue, you often hear a [...]

Published
2014

2. National Briefing Midwest: Michigan: Affirmative Action Suit Settled

Subjects
Company legal issue, Industry hiring, Government regulation, Company business management, University of Michigan -- Cases -- Management, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Public employees -- Recruiting -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

A lawsuit that prompted a 2003 Supreme Court decision over affirmative action admissions policies at the University of Michigan has been settled, concluding a nearly decade-long battle. The university will […]

Published
2007

3. Judge Overturns San Francisco Program

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, Contract agreement, Government contract, Minority business enterprises -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Contracts -- Cases -- United States, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Public contracts -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, San Francisco, California -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

A trial judge here has ruled the city's 20-year-old affirmative action program assisting minority-owned businesses unconstitutional, saying it violates Proposition 209, the 1996 ballot initiative that outlawed sex and race-based […]

Published
2004

4. Affirmative Action: A Corporate Diary

Author

Glater, Jonathan D.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Supreme Court -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, University of Michigan -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Corporations -- Records and correspondence -- Influence -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

CORPORATE AMERICA put on a remarkable display of support for affirmative action when more than 60 companies signed briefs this year backing up the University of Michigan's use of race […]

Published
2003

5. Admissions (and denials) of responsibility

Author

Loury, Glenn C.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Supreme Court -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, University of Michigan -- Cases, Minorities -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Education -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Civil rights -- Interpretation and construction -- United States -- Cases, Multiculturalism -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases challenging the University of Michigan's admissions policies, which award minority applicants extra points. The court's decision could change admissions […]

Published
2003

6. A crucial decision on race

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, University of Texas -- Social policy -- Cases, University of Michigan -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, College admissions -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

With the government's briefs due tomorrow, President Bush has become personally involved in deciding the administration's position on the two big affirmative action cases scheduled for argument in the Supreme […]

Published
2003

7. Upholding affirmative action

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Supreme Court -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, University of Michigan -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, College admissions -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

In what could be a first step toward reshaping the nation's racial landscape, the Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear two cases challenging affirmative action policies at the University of […]

Published
2002

8. Redefining diversity: Georgia ruling may force colleges to sift individual, nuances and all, from group

Author

Steinberg, Jacques

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, University of Georgia -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Multiculturalism -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Judges -- Practice -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Constitutional law -- Interpretation and construction
Abstract

In ruling on Monday that an affirmative action policy at the University of Georgia was unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel in Atlanta called on the university and other colleges […]

Published
2001

9. Confusion on affirmative action

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Minority students -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, College admissions -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Although the Rehnquist Supreme Court has severely limited the use of race-sensitive criteria in the awarding of government contracts, reapportionment and other areas, it has so far managed to avoid […]

Published
2001

10. Court rules agency erred on mandate for minorities

Author

Labaton, Stephen

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Social policy -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Broadcasting industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Affirmative action -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

A federal appeals court today struck down the latest affirmative-action rules intended to increase job opportunities for minorities and women in the broadcasting industry after finding that they were unconstitutional. […]

Published
2001

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