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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.
In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that public universities (and other government institutions) could not set specific numerical targets based on race for admissions or employment. [5] The Court said that "goals" and "timetables" for diversity could be set instead. [5]
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) Racial quotas in educational institutions violate the Equal Protection Clause, but a more narrowly tailored use of race in admission decisions may be permissible. (Partially overruled by Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023)) Batson v.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: 438 U.S. 265 (1978) Racial discrimination, affirmative action Lockett v. Ohio: 438 U.S. 586 (1978) Mitigating evidence required by the Eighth Amendment in capital sentencing proceedings FCC v. Pacifica Foundation: 438 U.S. 726 (1978) FCC policing of obscenity Rakas v. Illinois: 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
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Elizabeth Purdy argues that this conception of reverse discrimination came close to overturning affirmative action during the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and '90s after being granted legitimacy by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which ruled that Alan Bakke had been discriminated ...
On August 2, 2010, in a case brought before the Supreme Court of California by the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) found for the second time that Proposition 209 was constitutional. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The ruling, by a 6–1 majority, followed a unanimous affirmation in 2000 of the constitutionality of Prop. 209 by the same court.
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