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Tailoring The Narrow Tailoring Requirement In The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Cases, Luiz Antonio Salazar Arroyo Jan 2010

Tailoring The Narrow Tailoring Requirement In The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Cases, Luiz Antonio Salazar Arroyo

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In his first and only affirmative action decision since becoming the controlling member of the Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy, in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, showed a possible willingness to go back to the looser, more contextualist view of the narrow tailoring requirement that the Court embraced when Justice Powell was the swing vote. This Article argues that regardless of whether Justice Kennedy actually was moving back toward a more contextualist approach to narrow tailoring, a shift away from the highly formalistic inquiry adopted by Justice O'Connor back to the looser contextual standard used …


The Future Of Affirmative Action: The Legal Imperative Nationally And The Ohio Experience, Jack P. Desario, Thomas L. Colaluca, Gina A. Kuhlman Jan 1998

The Future Of Affirmative Action: The Legal Imperative Nationally And The Ohio Experience, Jack P. Desario, Thomas L. Colaluca, Gina A. Kuhlman

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This presentation of the legal future of affirmative action will be divided into five sections. The introductory material serves as a general introduction to the issues. The second section will review the origins and evolution of affirmative action. This section will also attempt to provide a definition of this complex concept. The third will provide a detailed analysis of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. Bakke represents the Supreme Court's first attempt to resolve the legal complexities of affirmative action. The Court's holdings in Bakke have shaped the debate for over 20 years. The fourth segment of this …


The Future Of Minority Set-Aside Programs After City Of Richmond, Judy Kerczewski Kranjc Jan 1990

The Future Of Minority Set-Aside Programs After City Of Richmond, Judy Kerczewski Kranjc

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One type of controversial affirmative action plan is the minority set-aside program. This Note will focus on the future of these plans in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision, City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. First, an examination of the background of affirmative action leading up to set-asides is in order. Second, this Note will analyze City of Richmond and the constitutional and social issues at stake, balancing whether minority set-asides are needed with the recognition that discrimination and lack of economic opportunity for minorities still exists in our society. Finally, the Note will examine several lower …


Affirmative Action After Bakke, Cordelia A. Glenn Jan 1984

Affirmative Action After Bakke, Cordelia A. Glenn

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This Note will examine Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and subsequent Supreme Court decisions dealing with affirmative action to determine what effect, if any, these decisions have had on lower court determinations of the validity of affirmative-action programs. This Note will also discuss the problems inherent in judicial review of such programs and the direction that affirmative action has taken as a result of lower court decisions. Affirmative action as it relates to women and to seniority plans is beyond the scope of this Note. However, reference to these types of cases will be made for purposes …