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 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 my quest to interview someone for this research, I decided to interview Barbara Lyons. Barbara's heritage is Jamaican.…
Allan Bakke, a thirty-eight year old white engineer, was twice denied admission to the medical school at the University of California at Davis. To ensure minority representation in the student body, the university has set aside sixteen seats for minority applicants (out of one hundred students), as part of the university's affirmative action program, in an effort to redress longstanding, unfair minority exclusions from the medical profession. Challenging the set-aside as a violation of his…
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…
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…
minority students. Grutter was perfectly qualified to be in the university, but yet was denied because she was not minority, this only hurts the university in the long run.…
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…
