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Direct linkForte, David F. – Academic Questions, 2011
In this article, the author provides a detailed legal history of originalism and investigates whether, and to what extent, originalism is a part of law school teaching on the Constitution. He shares the results of an examination of the leading constitutional law textbooks used in the top fifty law schools and a selection of responses gathered from…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Textbooks, Law Schools, Constitutional Law
Download full textUnited States Supreme Court, Washington, DC. – 2003
This legal document addresses whether the University of Michigan's use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) or 42 U.S.C. 1981. This brief filed in support of the petitioners by the federal government argues that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Admission
United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC. – 2003
This legal document asserts that the judgement of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Grutter v. Bollinger (No. 02-241) and the order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Gratz v. Bollinger (No. 02-516) should be affirmed. This brief, filed by five highly selective private universities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation
United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC. – 2003
This legal document examines whether the University of Michigan Law School's use of racial preferences in student admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et. seq.), or 42 U.S.C. 1981. This brief filed by the federal government in support of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Admission
Martin, Joseph D., Jr. – 1986
The first two court approved desegregation cases involving graduate and professional public schools during 1935-1940 are discussed. These cases demonstrate a shift in emphasis from segregated to desegregated public graduate and professional schools. The court invoked the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in both Maryland and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Applicants, College Desegregation
United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC. – 2003
This legal document presents the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the affirmative action case brought against the University of Michigan's Law School. On June 23, 2003, the Court held in Grutter v. Bollinger et al. that diversity is a compelling interest in higher education and that race is one of a number of factors that can be taken into…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights
