5.4 - Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action

Laws and policies designed to reverse past discrimination

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

A 1978 Supreme Court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.

State of FL

Percent of students in each high school for college admission

Adarand Constructors v. Pena

A 1995 Supreme Court decision holding that federal programs that classify people by race, even for an ostensibly benign purpose such as expanding opportunities for minorities, should be presumed to be unconstitutional.

Students for fair admissions v Harvard

The court held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Students for fair admissions v UNC

Affirmative action based admission programs are unconstitutional