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Slides: Forestry On The Yakama Reservation: The Balancing Of Natural Resources Management, Philip Rigdon
Slides: Forestry On The Yakama Reservation: The Balancing Of Natural Resources Management, Philip Rigdon
Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)
Presenter: Philip Rigdon, Yakama Nation, Toppenish, WA
64 slides
Slides: Ecotrust Forests, Bettina Von Hagen
Slides: Ecotrust Forests, Bettina Von Hagen
Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)
Presenter: Bettina Von Hagen, Ecotrust Forests, OR
25 slides
Stepping Through Grutter's Open Doors: What The University Of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases Mean For Race-Conscious Government Decisionmaking, Helen Norton
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In Grutter, a majority of the Court for the first time identified an instrumental justification for race-based government decisionmaking as compelling - specifically, a public law school's interest in attaining a diverse student body. Grutter not only recognized the value of diversity in higher education, but left open the possibility that the Court might find similar justifications compelling as well.
The switch to instrumental justifications for affirmative action appears a strategic response to the Court's narrowing of the availability of remedial rationales. A number of thoughtful commentators, however, have reacted to this trend with concern and even dismay, questioning …