The Bakke Case :Race, Education, and Affirmative Action

Publication subTitle :Race, Education, and Affirmative Action

Author: Ball > Howard  

Publisher: University Press of Kansas‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9780700624331

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780700610464

Subject: D9 Law;D909.9 法制史

Keyword: 法律,法制史

Language: ENG

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Twice denied admission to a California medical school despite better grades and test scores than successful minority applicants, Allan Bakke took his grievance to court and set off a major controversy over affirmative action. Bakke claimed that he was a victim of reverse discrimination, and his case has been considered by many as the most important civil rights decision since the end of segregation—and also one of the most difficult ever heard by the Supreme Court.

Howard Ball now reviews the many issues raised by this case that placed affirmative action on trial. He examines the law and politics surrounding Bakke in an even-handed manner, presenting both sides of the debate and discussing key arguments presented by pressure groups. He also offers a behind-the-scenes look at what transpired during the months between oral arguments before the Court and the justices' final decision, including secret conference sessions and judicial memos.

While four justices confirmed that Bakke had been the victim of reverse discrimination, four others agreed that the school's affirmative action plan was a logical application of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Justice Lewis Powell sided with both viewpoints, resulting in Bakke's admission to the school and the upholding of affirmative action. The Court's unusual split decision invalidated UC-Davis's quota program for minorities but also struck down a California court's ruling that race could not be used as a factor in consideri

Chapter

2. Marco DeFunis Seeks Admission to the University of Washington School of Law, 1971–1974

3. “Let Me In!”: Allan Bakke’s Plea to the University of California, Davis, Medical School

4. Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to Review Bakke

5. “Mr. Chief Justice and May It Please the Court”: The Oral Arguments in Bakke, 1977

6. Bakke and the Dynamics of Supreme Court Decision Making

7. Affirmative Action Public Policy in the Politically Turbulent 1990s

8. The Bakke Legacy: Hanging by a Thread?

Chronology

Relevant Cases

Bibliographical Essay

Index

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