Civil Rights
Oct. 27, 2001
Affirmative Action Is Relic of Ethnic-Discrimination History
In his column, "Reaching High" (Forum, Sept. 21), professor Erwin Chemerinsky laments the contradictions and confusion prevailing in the law that governs the use of affirmative action in university admissions. He urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm Justice Lewis F. Powell's concurring opinion in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 428 U.S. 265 (1978) (Powell, J., concurring).
In his column, "Reaching High" (Forum, Sept. 21), professor Erwin Chemerinsky laments the contradictions and confusion prevailing in the law that governs the use of affirmative action in university admissions. He urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm Justice Lewis F. Powell's concurring opinion in...
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