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...many fear the Court may not heed these pleas. Recent court cases and new state laws nationwide have challenged affirmative action and with it the ability of colleges and universities to use race as a criteria in admissions...
...amicus curiae brief in Bakke, using Harvard's admissions procedure as an example of how diversity can play a role in higher education. The brief so impressed the Court that Harvard was cited in the majority decision as an example of how diversity can be used appropriately as a criteria...
...special criteria were applied in selecting which students would reside in Apley, Sterritt said...
...nation, Washington is filled with wannabes and hopefuls, all jostling for position like the press pool in the East Room. Many of those who graduate from college and move to Washington know very little about politics or power, and they tend to judge others by easy-to-measure criteria...
...lock up all sorts of people. "Today we're dealing with sexual predators," says Steven Shapiro, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Who is it tomorrow that we're going to label as abnormal and potentially dangerous?" The dissenting Justices, however, agreed with Thomas that Kansas' criteria for committing someone were valid. Their objection, as expressed by Stephen Breyer in the minority opinion, was that Hendricks has received virtually no treatment even though the law requires it. To Breyer, the state's failure to live up to its promise makes Hendricks' confinement look a lot like punishment...