IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Ricci v. DeStefano (2009)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COLORADO & NEBRASKA
VOTE ON RACIAL PREFERENCE
(2008)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MICHIGAN
DEBATES, VOTES ON
RACIAL PREFERENCE (2006)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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MICHIGAN'S
RACIAL
PREFERENCE
IN COURT
MICHIGAN
U. ADMISSIONS CASES
PRE-DECISION
FACTS & ARGUMENTS
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
FUNDAMENTAL
JUDICIAL ERROR !
Analysis - November 2003*
THE
NAKED EMPEROR AWARD
Retrospect - September 2004*
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IS
STUDENT BODY DIVERSITY A
COMPELLING STATE INTEREST?
YES!
-
Justice O'Connor
NO!
-
Justice Thomas
Interspersed
Comments*
IS THE LAW SCHOOL'S USE OF RACE A
NARROWLY TAILORED MEANS?
YES!
-
Justice
O'Connor
NO!
-
Chief
Justice Rehnquist
Interspersed
Comments*
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
IS THE UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE'S
USE OF RACE NARROWLY TAILORED?
NO!
-
Chief
Justice Rehnquist
YES!
-
Justice
Souter
Interspersed Comments*
OTHER LANDMARK
SUPREME COURT CASES
I.
Univ.
of California v. BAKKE
(1978)
STATEMENT
OF THE FACTS - Justice Powell
RACIAL
PREFERENCE AND
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
A.
DOES THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, TITLE VI,
ALLOW PREFERENTIAL ADMISSIONS?
YES!
- Justice
Powell
NO!
-
Justice Stevens
YES!
- Justice Brennan et al.
NO!
- Interspersed Rebuttal*
B.
MAY PRIVATE PARTIES SUE UNDER TITLE VI?
YES!
- Justice Stevens
MAYBE!
- Justice Powell
NO!
- Justice White
RACIAL
PREFERENCE AND
THE CONSTITUTION
C.
SHOULD
WE SEEK RACIAL BALANCE
IN THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS?
YES!
- Assn. Amer. Law Schools, Amicus Brief
NO!
- Interspersed Rebuttal*
D.
DOES RACIAL JUSTICE REQUIRE
RACIAL EQUALITY IN ACHIEVEMENT?
YES!
- Law School Admission Council, Amicus Brief
NO!
- Interspersed Rebuttal*
E.
DOES THE CONSTITUTION TREAT
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
WHITES AND
NONWHITES DIFFERENTLY?
NO!
- B'nai B'rith,
Amicus Brief
YES!
- Justice
Brennan et al.
NO!
- Justice Powell
F.
DOES THE CONSTITUTION ALLOW
PREFERENTIAL ADMISSIONS?
YES,
for viewpoint diversity! - Justice
Powell
YES,
to remedy discrimination! - Justice
Brennan et al.
X. IS THE CONSTITUTION COLORBLIND?
YES!
- Attorney
Thurgood Marshall, arguing in
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
NO!
-
Justice Thurgood Marshall, opining in
Bakke (1978)
II.
Steelworkers
v. WEBER (1979)
PREFERENTIAL
EMPLOYMENT
AND NONDISCRIMINATION LAW
DOES
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, TITLE VII,
PERMIT RACIAL PREFERENCE?
YES!
- Justice
Brennan
NO!
- Justice Rehnquist
III.
GRIGGS
v. Duke Power Co. (1971)
JOB
REQUIREMENTS
AND NONDISCRIMINATION LAW
DOES
TITLE VII
BAR "NON-ESSENTIAL"
JOB STANDARDS THAT BLACKS
FAIL MORE OFTEN
THAN WHITES?
YES!
- Justice
Burger
NO!
- Interspersed
Rebuttal *
[Much
revised, April 2006]