LAWS 2180 Lecture Notes - Grutter V. Bollinger, Equal Protection Clause, Strict Scrutiny
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Regents of university of california v. bakke (1978: bakke: had twice previously been denied access to the university, bakke had high scores on the medical aptitude test and good grades at kent state and university of minnesota. He is 33, old to be admitted to medical school and he had a poor interview: assistant admissions officer gave him data about the standards by which the affirmative action took place. Admitted minorities would go back to their roots and help those in need: compelling state interest: court said: the compelling state interest argument was weak, fails the strict scrutiny test. 1979: private industry negotiated affirmative action in steel workers union and was held constitutional. City of richmond v. ja croson (1989: dealt with contracts that were specifically for minority contracters. Issue: richmond went back on their contract illegally: decision: the local government does not have right to do it and the involuntary quota system is not ok.