Hopwood Overruled: Texas to Rewrite College Admissions Policies

Laredo, TX, Morning Times ^ | 06-24-03 | Vertuno, Jim, AP

[Regulator]

I wonder if some Latinos will feel highly insulted by this

Not at all. They're laughing their butts off about it. They consider it a sign of weakness that this went through. In their country they sure as hell wouldn't do it.

[kesg]

It may be more narrow than the old quotas, but it is now less-scientific, less quantifiable and therefore WORSE than the old system.

Exactly. Moreover, where in the Constitution does it say that government has a "compelling interest" in promoting "diversity" through any form of racial preferences? The Constitution I know has no such provision. In fact, it has an express prohibition against inequality under the law on the ground of a person's race, i.e. it expressly prohibits government-instituted racism in any form regardless of the reason.

[Regulator]

Moreover, where in the Constitution does it say that government has a "compelling interest" in promoting "diversity" through any form of racial preferences?

It doesn't. They made it up out of whole cloth. It's another example of judges deciding that they have the right to create laws, because after all, they went to law school, right? And that puts them above the rest of us. < /sarcasm >...

[lonestar]

Did he switch sides?

I don't think he switched. I was referring to what any GWB nominee will be subjected to.

Think Estrada.

[Regulator]

Y'all voted for the jerk who made this happen, and don't say he had nothing to do with it. The Solicitor General, Ted Olsen, originally drew up a more hard line brief, but he was overruled by the President's advisor, one Alberto Gonzales. The brief was watered down, and the Supremes shredded the 14th amendment and turned the Constitution upside down.

Now your stuck with Bush's 10% rule AND institutionalized discrimination against Americans.

Keep voting for them Real Republicans in Texas. Pretty soon your kids will be chattering away in Spanish and Sam Houston will be depicted as an Evil White Racist and Santa Anna will be a Noble Victim.

[rogerthedodger]

You are 100% correct. To put it another way, as I did on a prior posting, the 10% Rule (endorsed by GWB) is AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BY OTHER MEANS; it relies on the defacto segregated majority/minority status of Texas high schools to make sure that minority students will constitute an exaggerated proportion (in relation to actual academic performance) of state university classes.

If you really want to make it fair, begin weighing the rigor of the indiviual high schools into the calculation.

[rogerthedodger]

Sadly, this is true.

And we're about to get Gonzalez on the SCt. bench too.

[Kuksool]

{Nina Perales, an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, called on all Texas universities to renew affirmative action programs.}

Since when are the Pro-Atlzan groups, the lords of Texas?

[rogerthedodger]

Since when are the Pro-Atlzan groups, the lords of Texas?

Since real Texans became too prosperous and satiated to care, and lost their nerve. Not to mention the fact that our own elite (university professors, government officials) have sold us down the river. Witness: the (Anglo) President of the United States, and the (Anglo) President of my former university in Houston, both came out lauding the decision. The latter promised to begin implementation of new affirmative action measures and was glad to be lifted of the burden of Hopwood.

[joesnuffy]

Those illegal aliens with their phony mexican IDs are gonna love this....
free college and we can kick the gringos right out of the schools they pay for
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
stupid bass turds......

[Theodore R.]

We need the call of the special session next week to to be expanded to include scrapping the "10 percent of the class" rule to admit pupils into the UT system. A shrewd couple must avoid suburbs if they want their child with a fairly strong record but not an overwhelming one to be admitted to UT in the future.

[randita]

The SCOTUS, in its decision, showed reluctance (or lack of courage?) in meddling in a state issue. Can't Texas take and otehr states take matters in their own hands and do what CA has done--ban racial preferences in college admissions? A conservative state like Texas should have no trouble getting this accomplished.

[cherry]

yes they can!!

we did it here in Washington STate and you Texans can do it too!

This is a state matter and the SC decision (or lack of one ) did not say you had to have affirmative action, it only said you could have it....

now you Texans....get busy....

we conservatives may be a minority but a solid one if each of us would just get out there and vote !

[rogerthedodger]

Wouldn't that jeopardize federal funding, though?

Not that I'm saying we wouldn't want to do without out it, but I'm sure all schools in Texas are beholden to the federal government to some degree. I wonder if federal funding is conditioned on having an affirmative action program?