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...journal says the practices described by King are "dubious" under several Supreme Court rulings, including the landmark 1978 Bakke decision and the 1995 ruling in Adarand Constructors v. Pena...
...Adarand v. Pena, the Court overturned a law awarding a bonus to firms with federal contracts in which the contractors had hired a certain percentage of minority subcontractors...
Transportation Secretary Federico Pena announced a national security alert at all U.S. airports. TIME's Doug Waller reports that the decision was prompted by several concerns: "The extradition of Mousa Abu Marzuk, the suspected Hamas terrorist, the imminent verdict in the World Trade Center trial in New York City, and the Pope's plans to visit Baltimore and New York in October." This is the first national alert since the Persian Gulf War, five years ago. New procedures will include beefing up of airport security personnel, searches of unattended cars at airports, closer surveillance of baggage areas and heightened warnings...
Moreover, despite Thomas' hostility to "questionable social science" when it supports a conclusion he disagrees with, he does not hesitate to incorporate dubious theories into his opinions when they suit his purposes. In his brief concurring opinion in the court's Adarand Constructors v. Pena, in which the court suggested that federal set-aside programs for minority contractors may be unconstitutional, Thomas wrote, "Inevitably, such programs engender attitudes of superiority or, alternatively, provoke resentment among those who believe that they have been wronged by the government's use of race. These programs stamp minorities with a badge of inferiority...
...contrast, the Attorney General had good news for Transportation Secretary Federico Pena. Reno called off an inquiry that had been scrutinizing a contract won by Pena's former investment firm shortly after he became Secretary; the Justice Department had also been looking into whether the city of Denver, during Pena's mayoralty, had misused federal funds intended for the city's new airport. Reno said there was no credible evidence that Pena had violated any federal laws...