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For example, in Students for Fair Admissions, the conflation of two separate issues—Harvard University's affirmative action policy and specific claims of discrimination by Harvard University – colors some people's judgements on affirmative action as a whole. [164]
A crux of SFFA’s argument against UNC was an allegation that the university gave underrepresented minority students an advantage in the admissions process, while hindering “high-achieving ...
Opponents of affirmative action in the United States use the term reverse discrimination to say that such programs discriminate against White Americans in favor of African Americans. [13] In the U.S., affirmative action has focused on the under-representation of ethnic minority groups and women, and attempted to remedy the effects of past ...
(Reuters) -The group that successfully challenged race-conscious college admissions policies at the U.S. Supreme Court sued the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday, its second lawsuit opposing ...
Opponents of affirmative action for women argue that affirmative action plans legalize reverse discrimination by favoring less qualified women. [9] Another argument is that affirmative action plans are not necessary because discrimination on the basis of sex is prohibited by federal law. [10]
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday to decide whether to throw college affirmative action programs in the dustbin of history, and the highest court in the land appears poised to ...
Thomas, a long-term critic of affirmative action, wrote his own 58-page opinion in which he called the programs in question "rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular ...
The case was assigned docket number 14-981 and oral arguments were heard on December 9. [37] Legal analysts predict from the justices' questions that the Court would likely either remand the case again to the lower courts for additional fact-finding, strike down UT Austin's policy, or strike down affirmative action in college admissions nationwide.