Sentences with phrase «upholding racial preferences»

Chet Susslin / National Journal The Supreme Court's decision upholding racial preferences in public - university admissions drew broad support on Thursday from AAAS and other scientific and academic groups that...

Schneiderman, on behalf of 14 states, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold racial preferences in college admissions.

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After the Supreme Court upheld some forms of race - conscious affirmative action in 2003, UT - Austin quickly reinstated racial preferences in admissions, triggering a challenge that led to the Supreme Court's most recent affirmative - action case.

These cases include the recent constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the decisions invalidating Sarbanes - Oxley's accounting board, preventing the Justice Department from obtaining monetary relief against the tobacco industry under RICO, overturning the federal government's plan to statistically adjust the census, limiting the Justice Department's ability to create «majority - minority» districts, and upholding Proposition 209's ban on racial preferences in California