Not exact matches
Kennedy, who is
seen the swing vote in this issue, has never upheld an
affirmative -
action plan.
Likewise From other studies I've
seen on
affirmative action for under - represented groups.
I use the example of the white male who honestly doesn't
see the need for
affirmative action any longer, and he really doesn't
see it.
Male seminary classmates
see women as favored candidates for those jobs that take heed of
affirmative action goals.
(
See «
Affirmative Action» on p. 49.)
Certainly, the urge to get women involved some 60 years ago can not be downplayed with the involvement of Dr. Nkrumah himself in
affirmative action policies and appointment of women propaganda secretaries and organisers right from inception of his government, It is remarkable that parliament under the CPP in 1960 passed Representation of the People (Women Members) Bill into law which amongst others made it possible for women to stand for parliamentary elections unopposed and subsequently
saw the election of first ten female parliamentarians into the first session of the first parliament.
This statement didn't go down well with senator Melaye as he stood up in rage, calling her names, he said «I will beat you up on this floor and nothing will happen», the Senate president was
seen nodding in
affirmative action when this happened.
To read the stance of the American Association for
Affirmative Action prior to the June 2003 decision,
see «AAAA Statement on the U of M Cases: Is Race the Focus?»
The fact that the Browns are able to
see past this and proceed to clothe, feed and shelter him as one of their own is the kind of enlightened
affirmative action that would make a UKIP politician spill his pint.
For more about the constitutionality of assigning students to schools in order to achieve diversity,
see «
Affirmative Action Docketed»
As many commentators have convincingly explained, it is difficult to square this position with the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause (
see Eric Schnapper's «
Affirmative Action and the Legislative History of the Fourteenth Amendment»; Michael Klarman's «Brown, Originalism, and Constitutional Theory»; and Jed Rubenfeld's «
Affirmative Action»).
One thing I've
seen students bring up is the idea of
affirmative action: «Well, I'm white, so I'm going to have a harder time getting into a good college.»
The court ruled that lower courts can not rely on the university's assurance that
affirmative action is needed and must instead apply strict scrutiny to
see if a diverse student population is possible without using race as an admissions factor.
Alvin Chang (Vox): An honorary education writer by virtue of his frequent coverage of issues affecting education, Chang has produced a series of helpful, accessible stories on issues like housing segregation,
affirmative action, and the impact of school attendance zones on school integregation that have been a great pleasure to
see in recent weeks and months.
Interesting that some people call giving a less read blog an ad «
affirmative action» but unless both blogs hosting the ad are equal it will can always be
seen as «
affirmative action».
For the reasons stated by JUSTICE SOUTER, and in view of the attention the political branches are currently giving the matter of
affirmative action, I
see no compelling cause for the intervention the Court has made in this case.
Whilst this can be
seen as a more
affirmative course of
action, it also represents a «hard fork» — a permanent divergence from the current blockchain to create a new one.