According to the Supreme Court decisions in Regents of the University of California v.Bakke(1978) and the two University of Michigan cases noted in the chapter,
what sorts of affirmative action programs for admission to public universities are permissible, and what sorts are not?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Describe how Regentsv.Bakke struck down the use of numerical quotas in affirmative action programs, but was not clear about 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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What role has the U.S. Supreme Court played in the last fifteen years or so in the debate over federalism?
a. The Supreme Court has consistently opposed any attempts to curtail federal powers over the states. b. The Supreme Court has stated that it has no powers to intervene in the debate and, in effect, has left all control in the hands of Congress. c. Congress has consistently stripped the powers of the Supreme Court so that the Court has played a very minimal role. d. The Supreme Court has worked hand-in-hand with Congress to compromise and to devise legitimate tactics to reduce the powers of the federal government. e. As Congress has clearly moved to reduce federal powers since the 1990s, the Supreme Court has supported that role in many opinions but has put a stop to coercive conditions that leave the states with no discretion to form their own policies.
Which of the following would be a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. A state prosecutor charges a suspect without a grand jury b. An out-of-state driver is issued a ticket by a state trooper c. A judge declares a mistrial because of a deadlocked jury d. ??A person from out-of-state is charged with a crime that does not apply to residents
List the two of the five characteristics of a causal hypothesis
What will be an ideal response?