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A 6-2 ruling upheld states' rights to ban this nonsense. This is the best decision of the 21st century next to extending federal marriage rights to all married couples! Sometimes SCOTUS gets it right.
A 6-2 ruling upheld states' rights to ban this nonsense. This is the best decision of the 21st century next to extending federal marriage rights to all married couples! Sometimes SCOTUS gets it right.
OMG! Leaving the decision up to the voters in the states!!
Well, since affirmative action violates letter and spirit of both the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act, it's nice to see the Supreme Court deciding that states can actually ban such violations.
im mixed on this, as i do consider legacy admissions to be a form of affirmative action for whites, specifically white males who should not be on the campus to begin with, and only got in because of dad going there and donating money. i understand that
At the University of Michigan, you get 4 points on your Admission score if you are a legacy. Being a preferred minority nets you 20 points. Yep, sack them both. And if this kind of preference really should not be there, when are we talking about all the "special admits" that many colleges use to get *ahem* student athletes into their schools? Shouldn't that preference be dropped too?
*scratches head* I thought quotas were ruled unconstitutional over two decades ago?
Still, good luck proving AA in court. How is this any different from preferential treatment from alumni connections? ("old boy network")
its not. as i said in the prior post, legacy admissions are affirmative action for white males who do not belong on the campus to begin with, but just get in because dad went there and has money. the legacy admit rate at ivys is double the overall admit rate. those whites score much lower then the general admits.
i also agree that this wont change much, i still see universities admitting who they wantat the end of the day
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