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  • HILL OF BEANS - Bush's No Action On Affirmative Action

    01/24/2003 7:06:10 AM PST · by Uncle Bill · 134 replies · 761+ views
    New York Press ^ | January, 2003 - Volume 16, Issue 4 | By Christopher Caldwell
    HILL OF BEANS New York Press By Christopher Caldwell January, 2003 - Volume 16, Issue 4 No Action Last week, President Bush submitted two amicus curiae briefs to the Supreme Court, regarding the University of Michigan’s affirmative action program. The controversial admissions program ranks applicants on a 150-point scale, and awards a 20-point "bonus" right off the bat to blacks and selected other minorities. The admissions regime once had two tracks–one for whites and one for targeted minorities–and it protected those minorities from direct competition with the wider pool. The Bush administration, quite correctly, held that this made it a...