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A Fighting Chance: An Analysis Of The Role Of Social Science Evidence In Higher Education Affirmative Action And K-12 Voluntary Desegregation Cases, Crystal Gafford Muhammad
A Fighting Chance: An Analysis Of The Role Of Social Science Evidence In Higher Education Affirmative Action And K-12 Voluntary Desegregation Cases, Crystal Gafford Muhammad
Crystal Gafford Muhammad
The present inquiry focuses on the role of social science evidence contemporarily, using observations from judicial opinions in race conscious admissions cases. Using a set of judicial opinions from K-12 voluntary desegregation and higher education affirmative action in admissions, I use legal and statistical analysis to argue that social science data presented into evidence is of limited effect. In fact, I find judicial political philosophy is the greatest predictor of opinions in this area of law. However, the question is not whether social science evidence is influential or even persuasive, but whether it is useful in politically contentious cases. It …