On a roll(back); after its big win in the Hopwood case, setting aside affirmative action at the University of Texas law school, the Center for Individual Rights is on a mission - to do more of the same at other public universities
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The nonprofit Center for Individual Rights has had important cases in the fields of freedom of speech and sexual harassment but has scored its greatest impact in the area of affirmative action, almost singlehandedly bringing about a tilt in public policy against this practice. Hopwood v. Texas was on its docket and the Center also helped defend California's Proposition 209, the voter initiative that in effect abolished affirmative action programs in the state with potential great impact on its public law schools.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1998
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Yes: reverse discrimination serves no one
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Affirmative action is fundamentally flawed in that it makes race or gender a proxy for disadvantage and promotes conflict and anger. The government should not be in the business of distinguishing on any but an individual basis. Moreover, affirmative action is rarely used simply to decide between closely matched candidates, but is rather used to favor those whose merits are otherwise grossly inadequate. Finally, not all members of supposedly disadvantaged groups have in fact been disadvantaged.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
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No: look at the facts, not rhetoric
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Objections to affirmative action are founded on imagined problems and ignore the vital needs that such programs serve for everyone. Quotas have always been illegal, and the goals and timetables widely in use do not constitute quotas. Affirmative action has never given preference to the less-qualified on the basis of race or gender, but has permitted everyone to compete equally on the basis of qualifications for the work involved. While discrimination persists, so should affirmative action.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
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