In summary, A Orange County 52 year old woman, Connie Barraclough, was arrested in Newport Beach. She exclaimed that the Police Department violated her women’s civil rights. The woman was reportedly booked in a jail where men are processed to be held in jail. Connie was recently drinking earlier that night at an Angels game in Anaheim, the pursuer who arrested Connie reported that she was driving under the influence and arrested her. This all started when Connie realise she was not processed in the correct place for holding. She was actually sent to Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, because of a mishap of not having a female jailer to be “available” to process her. This resulted Connie being held for 12 hours in Orange County Jail rather than Newport Beach Jail which could resulted a…
In the present case, the question is whether Joe Smith parent can file a lawsuit because he was discriminated against due to his race, sex, national origin, religion, and/or financial means. Like in the Yick Wo case, Smith is discriminated due to his national origin. Even though, his origin is white and the admissions policy might appear neutral to some, but it is applied unequally to whites. In DeFunis v Odegaard, this case was ruled moot because Defunis was in his last year of law school, so the courts would have to wait for a later case to set a precedent. In Bakke v. UC Board of Regents, the court would decide that at place of higher education can use race in their admission policy, but it cannot be the lone deciding factor. When the university…
In 1978 Supreme Court case, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 35 year old while male, Allan Bakke applied to the University of California Davis Medical School and was rejected twice while exceeding academic requirements for admission. The university reserved 16 of 100 spots for minorities in part of their affirmative action program. Bakke sued claiming he was denied admission to the Medical school both times based on race. The California Medical School argued that their admissions process is used to guarantee all individuals an equal opportunity while creating a diverse student body. Baker argued that this admissions process violated the Equal Protection Act and the Civil Rights Act. Did the University of California violate…
In the state of Michigan if Carla Washburn is licensed as a Kinship Foster Care Provider she can receive financial benefits. The home must first be inspected for health conditions, space, and safety regulations. If Carla passes the inspection she receive:…
Linda Brown was an African American girl who tried to attend a less-crowded white school close to her home in Topeka, Kansas but, because of her race, she had to travel away of town in order to attend an African American school. In 1951, Linda’s father challenge the segregated law in schools based on the equal protection guarantee in the fourteenth amendment. The district court ruled in favor of the School Board of Topeka based on…
FACTS/BACKGROUND: Allan Bakke, a thirty-five-year-old white man, had twice applied for admission to the University of California Medical School at Davis. He was rejected both times. The school reserved sixteen places in each entering class of one hundred for "qualified" minorities, as part of the university's affirmative action program, in an effort to redress longstanding, unfair minority exclusions from the medical profession. Bakke's qualifications (college GPA and test scores) exceeded those of any of the minority students admitted in the two years Bakke's applications were rejected. Bakke contended, first in the California courts, then in the Supreme Court, that he was excluded from admission solely on the basis of race.…
On June 23rd 2016, the judges of the supreme court gathered to analyze a challenge about the University of Texas of Austin’s race-conscious admissions program. This case, known as Fisher II v. The University of Texas, was brought about when senior Abigail Fisher applied to the University of Texas and did not get in. She was not accepted in the top ten percent program as well( a program in Texas Law stating that top ten percent students from all schools in Texas get automatic admission into UT Austin), and firmly believed that she had the academic status to get in. She implied that the fact that she was white and had a good financial status reduced her chances of admission into the university and that she was heavily racially discriminated.…
What is the basic argument given by Justice Powell on why the University of California’s admission policy was wrong?…
In Grutter v. Bollinger, the Court accepted that the “critical mass” concept was not an “outright racial balancing”, where race was used as a factor in the admission process (Alexander 151). Therefore, the Court held that diversity is a compelling interest for the University of Michigan Law School as long as race is not the only factor considered for admission. In addition, the Court concluded that the “benefits of diversity are substantial” and “promotes cross racial understanding, helps to break down racial stereotypes, and enables students to better understand persons of difference races” (Chemenrisky 772). Moreover, “the Court accepted the university’s argument that the education of all students is enhanced with a diverse student body”…
Another question raised by the case concerns why the court did not remand the tenure decision back to the college after Ms. Kunda received her master’s degree. The court evidence points to discrimination on the part of the dean…
The majority opinion was “the Court held that the Law School flexible admissions program does not unduly harm members of any racial group, because all applicants have the opportunity to demonstrate how they would contribute to the diversity of the entering class” (Summary of Supreme…
Lesley Oelsner, "Court to Weigh College Admission That Gives Minorities Preference," New York Times, 23 Feb 1977, pg…
Barbara Jill Walters was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 25 of 1929 to her…
Melba Beals was one of the nine African American students to go to an all white school. These events challenged her because she was facing lots of racial comments and actions. “Some of the white people looked totally horrified while others raised fists to us, others shouted ugly words” (Beals). People didn’t want her to go to school she wasn’t able to go for a few days. She felt proud for changing her society and showing people she can go to school. “I felt proud and sad at the same time. Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring Justice to a little rock girl like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths” (Beals). Melba Beals had the courage as an African American student to go to a white school and in the path she changed her country and…
In this article Nancy Canton embarks on a lot of past educational law suits which are very informative in her argument about affirmative action in Michigan. She even goes as far as point…
