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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout affirmative action in front of SCOTUS. Wasn't there a case some
40 years ago?
Bakka, or something? A white guy who was denied a place in medical school?
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About affirmative action in front of SCOTUS. Wasn't there a case some (Original Post)
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Oct 2022
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hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)1. Bakke decision 1978
spooky3
(34,483 posts)2. Yes--Bakke case. Nt
elleng
(131,136 posts)3. Yes, as you see. It's been an issue for a long time.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
@SIfill_
The Supreme Court reviewed affirmative action in 1979, 2003, 2013, 2016. Each time is has upheld race conscious university admissions. It comes before the Court again only b/c opponents to affirmative action know they have an open door to continue to try & overturn it.
Link to tweet
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Polybius
(15,489 posts)4. What was the vote in each of those uphelds?
I'd love to see if it was close or not.
question everything
(47,537 posts)5. Bakke, from above link 5-4
Polybius
(15,489 posts)6. Wow, I would have thought it would be 7-2 or something
The SC was liberal back then.
Zipgun
(183 posts)7. Nixon appointed several justices and it turned conservative
Gotten more so over time
Polybius
(15,489 posts)9. Besides Rehnquist, who else was really conservative?
Nixon also appointed Chief Justice Warren Burger, and Justices Harry Blackmun and Lewis Powell. Ford had one pick, John Paul Stevens.
question everything
(47,537 posts)8. Roe redux?