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Grutter's Regrets: An Empirical Investigation Of How Affirmative Action Is(N'T) Working, Deirdre Bowen
Grutter's Regrets: An Empirical Investigation Of How Affirmative Action Is(N'T) Working, Deirdre Bowen
Deirdre M Bowen
This exploratory empirical work examines whether students of color enjoy the benefits articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Grutter decision that rationalized the continuation of affirmative action based on diversity interests. Specifically, the Court stated that affirmative action was permissible because students of all backgrounds would increase their racial understanding and decrease their racial stereotyping of minorities. Supporters and opponents were skeptical that such benefits would really materialize for students of color. Supporters argued that minority students would merely be tokens in which only white students would benefit from a diverse classroom. Opponents argued that this diversity rationale …
A High Devolution Region (Hdr): A Community Based Political Solution For Darfur, Ibrahim A. Ibrahim Mr
A High Devolution Region (Hdr): A Community Based Political Solution For Darfur, Ibrahim A. Ibrahim Mr
Ibrahim A Ibrahim Mr
A High Devolution Region (HDR): A Community Based Political Solution for Darfur By/ Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim LLM Sudanese Lawyer & Congressional Researcher Abstract: The main causes of the war in Darfur as the paper highlights lie in both communal conflicts and the imbalance of power between the centre and marginalized regions. Therefore, the power sharing is a valid mechanism for redressing communal conflicts and the years of political marginalization of Darfur. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) demonstrated that there were no powers to share in Darfur and that why it failed. The parties have not been able to achieve peace …
A Post-Racial Voting Rights Act, Jason Rathod (R-Z)
A Post-Racial Voting Rights Act, Jason Rathod (R-Z)
Jason Rathod (R-Z)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was enacted “to foster our transformation to a society that is no longer fixated on race.” Georgia v. Ashcroft, 539 U.S. 461, 490 (2003). This article critiques the prevailing election law scholarship and jurisprudence as out of step with VRA’s post-racial aspirations and offers proposals for Congress to correct course. The United States has long been torn between civic nationalism and racial nationalism. By the mid-20th Century, the uneasy interplay of these visions had produced a remarkable expansion of citizenship to all migrants from Europe alongside appalling discrimination against, or outright exclusion of, …