Sentences with phrase «because of affirmative action»

Or the numerous suspensions of Jemele Hill for various racist and sexist claims (the only reason she hasn't been fired is because of affirmative action; they literally are just giving her her own show so she'll go away)?

Not exact matches

Leftists accuse GOP and libertarians of racism because of opposition to affirmative action or any preferential treatment for minorities.

You don't have to have affirmative action because of your great credentials and ability to get the job done, but you need affirmative action because without it, you may not ever be given the chance to prove yourself.

Because of my previous interest in addressing diversity issues, I was asked to assist with the newly formed Affirmative Action (AA) programme by someone in the top management group.

Troy is the son of the Dean of Students (Dennis Haysbert), and is dating the white daughter of the school President, whose son Kurt (Kyle Gallner) is one of those sorts of people who think the black population is no longer oppressed because Affirmative Action exists.

«It was perplexing that the Supreme Court took the case because the University of Texas admission policy seemed in line with what the court had ruled was acceptable in the Michigan case,» says Professor Julie Reuben, pointing out that in Grutter v. Bollinger the Supreme Court supported the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions policy.

The Supreme Court issued a long - awaited decision yesterday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a seven - to - one ruling (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself because she had worked on the case as U.S. Solicitor General) that sends the affirmative action case back to a lower court for further review.

Minority enrollment in the city's three exam schools and preparation programs is also declining, though this appears to be because of a legal mandate to drop affirmative action programs.

It did prevail eventually, but the trial judge concluded no fee recovery was allowable because the assertion of an affirmative defense did not fall within the definition of the option agreement fees clause allowing recovery when «an action» or «a proceeding» was brought.

«Professor Sander's study tests a simple, but startling, thesis: Affirmative action actually depresses the number of black lawyers, because many black students end up attending law schools that are too difficult for them, and perform badly.

In practice, 10 U.S.C. § 375 has more bite because a federal prosecutor can and usually would refrain from prosecuting a crime ordered by his ultimate boss, the President, and there is not legal duty to prosecute every possible crime, but 10 U.S.C. § 375 creates an affirmative duty on the party of the Secretary of Defense that might be enforceable in a civil action.

On a technical point, warrant canaries are usually there because a programmer has set up a system whereby which in order for the canary to continually appear, someone in control of the site must continually, let's say at least once per day, take some affirmative and definite action to keep the canary up.

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