A Wrecking Ball to Environmental Law
Strict Scrutiny
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The Equal Protection Clause and the Court of Appeals in Thomas Jefferson's Admissions Policy
A group of plaintiffs sued, arguing the admissions policy violates the Equal Protection Clause because it amounted to unconstitutional discrimination on the basis of race. "We've just assumed that all those alternatives are perfectly constitutionally legit," he says. The court's cases have distinguished between means and end: how a school tries to achieve racial diversity or build a more diverse class.
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