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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that involved a dispute over whether preferential treatment for minorities could reduce educational opportunities for whites without violating the Constitution.
Affirmative Action has been supported in America since the Bakke decision in 1978 which stated that consideration of race in college admissions was legal.
To many people, this decision represented an attack on the civil right gains made in the 1960s. It also sparked a struggle led by students originally other countries emerging as newly independent nations against this decision, which was considered a state-wide challenge that required a new level of organization.
This was the first case in which the Supreme Court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816) Federal courts may review state court decisions when they rest on federal law or the federal Constitution. This decision provides for the uniform interpretation of federal law throughout the states ...
Allan Bakke, who challenged UC Davis’ admissions policies, graduated in 1982.
The Supreme Court took a procedural step that will allow the court’s first Black woman to participate in a challenge to affirmative action in college admissions.
The historical and legal background of the case spans several decades from the 1978 case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke over the 2003 case Grutter v. Bollinger to the 2016 case Fisher v. University of Texas (2016). [15]
That was kind of challenged in 1978 by the Bakke decision.” In that decision, the Supreme Court essentially upheld affirmative action but determined that racial quotas were unconstitutional.