According to the Supreme Court decisions in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and two University of Michigan cases, what sorts of affirmative action programs for admission to public universities are permissible, and what sorts are not?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Describe how Regents v. Bakke struck down the use of numerical quotas in affirmative action programs, but did not strike down all affirmative action programs. In the end, it was not clear what sorts of programs would be acceptable.
2. Describe how the two University of Michigan cases supported the idea that affirmative action programs can be permissible to achieve racial diversity, which serves a legitimate educational purpose. However, race can be used as only one of many factors, and the university cannot assign specific points based on race.
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