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In 1992 and 1993, law school students initiated widespread protests because they were so incensed by their school's small number of women faculty members. They even sued the law school, claiming that it had violated anti-discrimination laws through its hiring choices.
But even before voters get to decide, affirmative action may be trimmed by skeptical judges. This term the Supreme Court is considering what could be a test case for federal contracting programs that give advantages to businesses owned by women and minorities. Under a minority-preference program of the Department...
When Taxman sued, the Bush Justice Department sided with her. So did the court. The school board has appealed. The Clinton Justice Department, which inherited the case, remained on Taxman's side until last summer, when it switched. ``It was an appropriate affirmative-action plan,'' insists Assistant Attorney General Deval...
A hearing will be held in Middlesex CountySuperior Court on February 28 to determine whetherthe Sigma Chi national body can be sued. A trialdate has been set for late August
In any case, it was sudden. Only a year ago, Utah's young Governor, Mike Leavitt, conceived a grand confab for the fall of 1995 called the Conference of the States, to which he planned to invite his colleagues and state legislators. It was intended as a national forum on...