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...Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against the University of Texas, indicating that the school's affirmative action program discriminated against whites...
...Circuit Court's decision has jurisdiction only in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. But while the legal effects of the ruling and the refusal to rule are limited to those states, it is clear that other areas of the country are interested in the outcome of the case: nine states, including Massachusetts, supported Texas' appeal in friend-of-the-court briefs...
...ruling of the Circuit Court provides a precedent which other judges, while not bound to follow, may use as a guideline...
...language in the [Circuit Court] judge's opinion is altogether hostile to Harvard's current practices on affirmative action," Mansfield said. "It was in some sense validated by the Supreme Court when they refused to review...
...court said parts of the law could be enforced even if other sections were struck down as unconstitutional. The Justices, however, did not rule on the constitutionality of the provisions. TIME's Ann Donohoe reports that because this is a technical ruling, the law will be tried again in circuit court - this time on the constitutionality of its contents. Regardless, pro-choice advocates say the Supreme Court's ruling is likely to encourage state legislatures to further challenge federal abortion rulings. But Donohoe cautions: "So many states these days are acting independently with their own abortion laws. Utah decided this...