Standard 12.3
Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments
Important Details
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* Case of University of CA vs Bakke
*14 Th amendment
* Affrimative Action
Summary
In the case of University v. Bakke he was not being accepted even though he had turned in many applications and even though he had outstanding qualifications. He made a lawsuit stating that the equal protection clause in the 14th amendment was being violated. It was being violated due to the fact that it did not give him equal protection when his admissions were submitted and then rejected and on the other hand the ones from a minority group were being accepted. Affirmative action signed by John F. Kennedy was set into action on March 6th, 1961 stating that it would increase diversity in employment and education sectors. The argument in this is that white applicants were denied the admission to be given to someone of a minority race on the other hand those who have been accepted say that it is assisting those who have had disadvantages such as discrimination.
Quote
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Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
Will Rogers
Will Rogers
Links
*http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
*http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/affirmative-action
*http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/regents-university-california-v-bakke.html
*http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/affirmative-action
*http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/regents-university-california-v-bakke.html