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'Friends' advise Court on Michigan cases. (Newswatch).(George W. Bush administration on affirmative action)(Brief Article)
Friends don't let friends make wrong decisions, right? The U.S. Supreme Court got advice from the Bush administration in an amicus curae brief filed last month about two upcoming affirmative action cases involving race-conscious admissions to the University of Michigan and its law school.
Ignoring a letter from the presidents of 34 national higher education groups urging support of the Michigan policy, the Bush administration told the Court the policy was an unconstitutional quota system that violates the equal protection clause and should be banned.
While declaring support for diversity on campus, the Bush brief said "proven race-neutral alternatives to achieving the laudable goals of educational openness and diversity remain available." It cited policies of admitting ...
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...in support of affirmative action. The AFC briefs...month, the Bush Administration announced that...the Art's affirmative action program. The...opposes the Bush Administration's affirmative action stance. "The...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) August 28, 1997 700+ words
...when victimization by affirmative action becomes grounds for a white man to qualify for affirmative action, you can declare the...identical to that of the Bush administration, which opposed affirmative action in this and just about...
