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The Future of Affirmative Action


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With the Supreme Court weighing two cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina that could end affirmative action in higher education, scholars William B. Allen of Michigan State University and Hasan Kwame Jeffries of The Ohio State University discuss its future. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. 


Additional Resources

  • William B. Allen, “End of Affirmative Action 2023”  
  • William B. Allen, Drew S. Days III, Benjamin L. Hooks, and William Bradford Reynolds, “Is Affirmative Action Constitutional?” AEI Journal on Government and Society  
  • Jonathan Hicks, “Proponents Worry About Supreme Court Review of Affirmative Action,” BET  
  • “Why Conservatives want the Supreme Court to take up Affirmative Action Case,” Yahoo!News  
  • National Constitution Center, “14th Amendment: Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt,” Interactive Constitution  
  • National Constitution Center, “Affirmative Action and the 14th Amendment,” Live at the National Constitution  
  • National Constitution Center, “Affirmative Action and the 14th Amendment – Part 1,” We the People podcast  
  • National Constitution Center, “Affirmative Action and the 14th Amendment – Part 2,” We the People podcast  
  • Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)  
  • Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)  
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)  
  • Griggs v. Duke Power Company (1971)
  • Oral Argument Trasnscript in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College  
  • Oral Argument Trasnscript in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina  
  • Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
  • National Constitution Center, "Civil Rights Act of 1866," Founders' Library: Civil War and Reconstruction
  • National Constitution Center, "Civil Rights Act of 1875," Founders' Library: Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
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