(Source: Shore Fire Media Inc) In the 2015-2016 term, the Supreme Court will again consider Affirmative Action as they take up, for a second time, the case of a white student suing a Texas school for race discrimination in denying her admission. A key issue will be whether the Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution supports her case. The Fourteenth Amendment provides that 'No State shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws,' yet many state universities give preferences to certain races in their admissions decisions. Should they? On Thursday, December 3, Intelligence Squared U.S. and the National Constitution Center will address these questions...
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