Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...case is limited enough so that the Supreme Court justices will probably decide that they can only hand down a very narrow ruling. The question of just how far admissions committees can go in attempting to make affirmative action truly work will go unresolved. But the Supreme Court must uphold the right of the U.C. Davis special program to exist, for it appears clear that both the intent and the effect of the program has been to act according to the spirit and principles of affirmative action, rather than to mechanically impose rigid quotas. Finally, the justices should sieze...
...House's decision to obstruct the use of Medicaid funds for non-therapeutic abortions is a rare demonstration of sensitivity to a particularly complex moral question that the full Congress should uphold...
What should remain clear about this particular case, however, is that in deciding in favor of the University of California the Court would not be forcing every other educational institution in the country to come up with quota programs. It would simply uphold the right of U.C. Davis and other institutions to employ such means to achieve the student mix they consider necessary for a good class and a socially responsible admissions policy...
That means, most significantly, that the U.A.W. will continue to uphold the Reutherian philosophy of pursuing social goals no less fervently than higher wages. The union has long championed national health insurance, and both Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter dropped by to affirm their own commitment to that goal (see THE NATION). For all their dedication to social welfare, however, auto workers are among the world's most privileged wage earners; Kennedy quipped at the convocation that just about the only paid holiday the U.A.W. does not get is Groundhog Day, "and if I know Leonard...
...Italian image of the uneducated housewife. The women I know give their time to charities and hospitals. They don't get in the papers. They don't do it for that. I feel for the Watergate wives. I admire them for standing by their husbands. I uphold that...