Taking Note: Obama's Affirmative Action Trap
Last week, a small article appeared in the Wall Street Journal outlining a development that could have very have very large political and policy significance in 2010 and 2012. The article describes the Obama Administration’s decision to file an amicus brief before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals supporting a racial affirmative action program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Many assume that the issue of affirmative action in higher education was settled by a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the use of racial preferences at the University Michigan Law School. But as I outline in an article for The American Prospect magazine online, the issue is very much alive.
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