Word: prior
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...necessary, the Jackson board of education had contended, to assure enough minority role models for its minority students. Lewis Powell, joined by Chief Justice Warren Burger and William Rehnquist plus O'Connor, disagreed. In their view, a minority preference plan could have been justified only by a showing of prior discrimination in the hiring of teachers within the district. "This court never has held that societal discrimination alone is sufficient to justify a racial classification," Powell said. Insisting as well that any affirmative-action plan must be "narrowly tailored" to achieve its ends, he went on to signal an inclination...
...four dissenters were satisfied that the district's actions were constitutionally acceptable. And while the majority was not prepared to go this far, the Justices across the board seemed plainly supportive of some race-based solutions. Powell wrote that "in order to remedy the effects of prior discrimination, it may be necessary to take race into account." That could mean, he added, that "innocent persons may be called upon to bear some of the burden of the remedy...
...York City union. Last week's decision would seem to bode well for those and other affirmative-action schemes. But William Bradford Reynolds, the combative Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, insisted that he could still hear the Justices playing his tune. Because they had required a showing of prior discrimination before the use of racial preferences, Reynolds now contends that a 1965 presidential order authorizing minority employment goals for Government contractors must be largely abandoned...
...around the Yard difficult, Downer is pleased with the tours the University gave him of all the available rooms in the upperclass houses. He says he was allowed to choose the room that best accommodated his need to use a wheelchair. All handicapped freshmen discuss options with College officials prior to the spring lottery to determine their house for the following year...
...being considered by the Massachusetts State Senate, calling for even more stringent regulations. According to the law, newly constructed buildings and those that undergo extensive renovations are required to be accessible to the handicapped. Mather House, to a large extent inaccessible, was built 12 years ago, two years prior to the government ruling. The newly renovated Sever Hall is completely accessible, as is Cabot House, which is now being redesigned...