Affirmative action returns to center court; amid war talk, justices begin 2001 term

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The docket of the US Supreme Court for the 2001-2002 is discussed. Among the key challenges are issues raised by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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Supreme Court ponders racial set-aside case; both sides see a court ready to curb federal affirmative action programs

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The US Supreme Court will rule in Adarand Constructors, Inc v. Pena on the challenge of a white subcontractor to federal affirmative action policies. The plaintiff argues the Subcontracting Compensation Clause constitutes a racial set-aside which must be reviewed with strict scrutiny, while the solicitor general holds that the clause is based on disadvantaged status rather than race. The solicitor general wants the court to reaffirm Fullilove, applying intermediate scrutiny to federal race-based remedial measures.

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5th Circuit takes shot at diversity; panel, reading high court's tea leaves, says affirmative action's best days are past

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A federal appellate panel on Mar 18 struck down The U of TX School of Law's use of racial preferences in admissions, surprising few observers in a climate of stringent review of affirmative action programs. The panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals explicitly rejected the US Supreme Court's landmark 1978 ruling in Regents of U of CA v Bakke, hewing instead to the high court's recent decisions. Diversity is now the main rationale for such programs at schools, but few courts consider that adequate justification.

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