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(Cal. Citation438 U.S. 265, 98 S. Ct. 2733, 57 L. Ed. 1954) 217 F.2d 205, affg. Accordingly, we turn to the problem of articulating what our role should be in reviewing state action that expressly classifies by race. (See Haft v. Lone Palm Hotel (1970) 3 Cal.3d 756, 775 [91 Cal.Rptr. The statement is headed "Program to Increase Opportunities in Medical Education for Disadvantaged Citizens," and reads in part. McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 836, 846, 92 L.Ed. ." Under these circumstances, their performance and degrees must be regarded equally with the regularly admitted students with whom they compete for standing. 1375, 1385-1386, 87 L.Ed. He states, "There is no constitutional right for any race to be preferred. Even assuming that Title VII prohibits employers from deliberately maintaining a particular racial composition in their work force as an end in itself, this does not imply, in the absence of any consideration of the question, that Congress intended to bar the u e of racial preferences as a tool for achieving the objective of remedying past discrimination or other compelling ends. 11375, 3 CFR 684 (1966-1970 Comp. And a Congress so exceptionally concerned with the satisfaction of procedural preliminaries before confronting fund recipients with the choice of a cutoff or of stopping discriminating would not permit private parties to pose precisely that same dilemma in a greatly widened category of cases with no procedural requirements whatsoever. 1234, 58 S.Ct. The legacy of years of slavery and of years of second-class citizenship in the wake of emancipation could not be so easily eliminated. [T]he statute independently proscribes the conduct challenged by petitioners and provides a discrete basis for injunctive relief." President Johnson vetoed this bill and also a subsequent bill that contained some modifications; one of his principal objections to both bills was that they gave special benefits to Negroes. . 759, 47 S.Ct. xxvii, 3 (1958). ", Unquestionably we have held that a government practice or statute which restricts "fundamental rights" or which contains "suspect classifications" is to be subjected to "strict scrutiny" and can be justified only if it furthers a compelling government purpose and, even then, only if no less restrictive alternative is available.30 See, e. g., San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1, 16-17, 93 S.Ct. Found inside – Page 364This new test was crucial for the decision of Brown v. ... The classic case in this area is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) ... The University is entitled to consider, as it does with respect to applicants in the special program, that low grades and test scores may not accurately reflect the abilities of some disadvantaged students; and it may reasonably conclude that although their academic scores are lower, their potential for success in the school and the profession is equal to or greater than that of an applicant with higher grades who has not been similarly handicapped. Moreover, while it may be true that the influence exerted by minorities upon the student body and the profession will persuade some [18 Cal.3d 57] nonminority doctors to assist in meeting these community medical needs, it is at best a circuitous and uncertain means to accomplish the University's objective. What is most significant about the congressional consideration of the measure is that although the use of a racial quota or "set-aside" by a recipient of federal funds would constitute a direct violation of Title VI if that statute were read to prohibit race-conscious action, no mention was made during the debates in either the House or the Senate of even the possibility that the quota provisions for minority contractors might in any way conflict with or modify Title VI. We reject petitioner's view, but, because our prior cases are in many respects inapposite to that before us now, we find it necessary to define with precision the meaning of that inexact term, "strict scrutiny. 9-10.). The legislative history reinforces this reading. Katzenbach v. Morgan, 384 U.S. 641, 86 S.Ct. To accept at the outset the premise that a minority applicant may be better qualified because of his race would foreclose consideration of the constitutional issue raised by the complaint. Senator Ervin complained: "The word 'discrimination,' as used in this reference, has no contextual explanation whatever, other than the provision that the discrimination 'is to be against' individuals participating in or benefiting from federally assisted programs and activities on the ground specified. "Presumably the college would have to have a 'racially balanced' staff from the dean's office to the cafeteria . v. Rodriquez, 411 U.S. 1, 28, 93 S.Ct. We discuss this case infra. (BRENNAN, J., concurring in part). 1226, 12 L.Ed.2d 265 (1964). (See Swann v. Board of Education, supra, 402 U.S. 1, 16 [28 L.Ed.2d 554, 566-567].) The decision had historical and legal significance because it upheld affirmative action, declaring that race could be one of several determining factors in college admission policies, but rejected the use of racial quotas. Our Brother POWELL, reaching the Constitution, concludes that, although race may be taken into account in university admissions, the particular special admissions program used by petitioner, which resulted in the exclusion of respondent Bakke, was not shown to be necessary to achieve petitioner's stated goals. No one denies the regrettable fact that there has been societal discrimination in this country against various racial and ethnic groups. June E. Moroney, Kenneth L. Karst, Norman Dorsen, Vilma S. Martinez, Sanford Jay Rosen, Roberto S. Martinez, Drucilla S. Ramey, Jack H. Friedenthal, Paul A. Brest, Charles J. Meyers, John Denvir, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Williams, Myers & Quiggle, Emma Coleman Jones, Robert L. Harris, Lennox Hinds, Charles R. Lawrence III and Nathaniel S. Colley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) Argued: October 12, 1977 . In that situation, plaintiff must establish an intent to discriminate. 1225, 1233, 43 L.Ed.2d 514 (1975). Only last Term, in United Jewish Organizations v. Carey, 430 U.S. 144, 97 S.Ct. Although a university must have wide discretion in making the sensitive judgments as to who should be admitted, constitutional limitations protecting individual rights may not be disregarded. Two justices, who had dissented from the court's original decision upholding the validity of the preferential program, again dissented. Found inside – Page 492... these arguments were persuasive. Affirmative action received a serious challenge in the 1978 case of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. Pp. Ten years earlier, Bakke had graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in mechanical engineering and a grade-point average of 3.51 out of 4.0 and was asked to join the national mechanical engineering honor society. The enactment of title VI will serve to override specific provisions of law which contemplate Federal assistance to racially segregated institutions." Nor can the program reasonably be regarded as stigmatizing the program's beneficiaries or their race as inferior. In enjoining petitioner from ever considering the race of any applicant, however, the courts below failed to recognize that the State has a substantial interest that legitimately may be served by a properly devised admissions program involving the competitive consideration of race and ethnic origin. 18 Cal.3d, at 63-64, 132 Cal.Rptr., at 700, 553 P.2d, at 1172. If instead of constituting a limit on disadvantaged minority enrollment, the 16 places "reserved" for the special admission program simply represented the university's determination that a more than token representation of disadvantaged minorities was needed to achieve the numerous benefits of integration, the specific numerical goal becomes more defensible. Since we are now of the opinion, for the reasons set forth above, that Title VI's standard, applicable alike to public and private recipients of federal funds, is no broader than the Constitution's, we have serious doubts concerning the correctness of what appears to be the premise of that decision. University of California Regents v. Bakke: The Precedents Here are a list of precedents for the case. This same principle of individual fairness is embodied in Title VI. In our view, the University has not established that a program which discriminates against white applicants because of their race is necessary to achieve either of these goals. (Italics added.) . Id., at 2467. See 163 U.S., at 544-551, 16 S.Ct., at 1140-1143. . 256 (1896). National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. National Association of Railroad Passengers, 414 U.S. 453, 458, 94 S.Ct. . Applications from those not classified as disadvantaged (including applications from minorities who do not qualify as disadvantaged) are screened through the regular admission process. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Dev. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Bakke alleged that the special admissions process violated the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, the California Constitution's article I, section 21, and Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The ratings were added together to arrive at each candidate's "benchmark" score. Financial aid is available to students in the form of scholarships and loans. "The purpose of title VI is to make sure that funds of the United States are not used to support racial discrimination. For example, where a university is not adequately serving members of a particular racial or nationality group, it may establish special recruitment policies to make its program better known and more readily available to such group, and take other steps to provide that group with more adequate service." The threshold question we must decide is whether Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars recipients of federal funds from giving preferential consideration to disadvantaged members of racial minorities as part of a program designed to enable such individuals to surmount the obstacles imposed by racial discrimination.7 We join Parts I and V-C of our Brother POWELL's opinion and three of us agree with his conclusion in Part II that this case does not require us to resolve the question whether there is a private right of action under Title VI.8. The special admissions candidates did not have to have a grade point average above 2.5 and they did not compete with the benchmark scores of the regular admission applicants. Such tests will not only measure achievement in particular areas of knowledge pertinent to medical study, but will also demonstrate abilities in interpretation of written communications and in problem-solving skills. E. g., Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman, 433 U.S. 406, 97 S.Ct. . Indeed, we found that the preference was not racial at all, but "an employment criterion reasonably designed to further the cause of Indian self-government and to make the BIA more responsive to the needs of its constituent . Since, however, a dispositive statutory claim was raised at the very inception of this case, and squarely decided in the portion of the trial court judgment affirmed by the California Supreme Court, it is our plain duty to confront it. With respect to any factor (such as poverty or family educational background) that may be used as a substitute for race as an indicator of past discrimination, whites greatly outnumber racial minorities simply because whites make up a far larger percentage of the total population and therefore far outnumber minorities in absolute terms at every socioeconomic level.59 For example, of a class of recent medical school applicants from families with less than $10,000 income, at least 71% were white.60 Of all 1970 families headed by a person not a high school graduate which included related children under 18, 80% were white and 20% were racial minorities.61 Moreover, while race is positively correlated with differences in GPA and MCAT scores, economic disadvantage is not. . Ante, at 307. § 1681 et seq. by persons of a particular race, color, or national origin.' fn. Moreover, only fully qualified applicants were admitted under the program and thus if there had not [18 Cal.3d 89] been a sufficient number of qualified disadvantaged minority applicants the medical school would not have accepted minority applicants simply to fill a quota. Slavery was replaced by a system of "laws which imposed upon the colored race onerous disabilities and burdens, and curtailed their rights in the pursuit of life, liberty, and property to such an extent that their freedom was of little value." . Grants under this program are made directly to individuals and to institutions for the purpose of enabling them to make grants to individuals. See remarks of Senator Pastore, id., at 7057, 7062; Senator Clark, id., at 5243; Senator Allott, id., at 12675, 12677.11. Id., at 65-66, 146, 197, 203-205, 216-218. The persons on the list had been chosen by competitive examination. Massachussets Board of Retirement v. Murgia (1976) 427 U.S. 307 [49 L.Ed.2d 520, 96 S.Ct. His student interviewer gave him an overall rating of 94, finding him "friendly, well tempered, conscientious and delightful to speak with." And it is clear from our cases that specific proof that a person has been victimized by discrimination is not a necessary predicate to offering him relief where the probability of victimization is great. Because the landmark decisions in this area arose in response to the continued exclusion of Negroes from the mainstream of American society, they could be characterized as involving discrimination by the "majority" white race against the Negro minority. This Court has never held that the mere receipt of federal or state funds is sufficient to make the recipient a federal or state actor. ), ­FN 33. That is the finding of a recent study by Sleeth & Mishell, Black Under-Representation in United States Medical Schools, 297 New England J. of Med. . 914, 88th Cong., 1st Sess., pt. 779, 780 n. 1 (N.D.Ohio 1976) (Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. (Board of Education v. Swann, supra, 402 U.S. 43, 46 [28 L.Ed.2d 586, 589].). on the ground of race, color, or national origin under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." 2d 750, 1978 U.S. Brief Fact Summary. (Cambridge, 1960). It is inconceivable that such a purported conflict would have escaped congressional attention through an inadvertent failure to recognize the relevance of Title VI. Found inside – Page 86... criticized the Court's 1978 decision that allowed for the first time some form of affirmative action {Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ... Because of the large number of applications,2 the admissions committee screened each one to select candidates for further consideration. Co. v. Romney, 157 U.S.App.D.C. The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. United Jewish Organizations, supra, 430 U.S., at 173-174, 97 S.Ct., at 1013-1014 (BRENNAN, J., concurring in part). Diversity Training Manual: Part IV As the new manager of human resources, you are preparing the next section of the diversity training manual, which focuses on making supervisors more aware and sensitive to religious discrimination issues. Petitioner does not object to Bakke's standing, but inasmuch as this charge concerns our jurisdiction under Art. Petitioner argues that the court below erred in applying strict scrutiny, as this inexact term has been applied in our cases. ", "[T]he State is [not] powerless to minimize the consequences of racial discrimination by voters when it is regularly practiced at the polls.". As I see it, if we are not obliged to do so, it is at least advisable to address this threshold jurisdictional issue. In the school cases, the States were required by court order to redress the wrongs worked by specific instances of racial discrimination. Id., at 216-218. See C. Odegaard, Minorities in Medicine: From Receptive Passivity to Positive Action, 1966-1976, p. 19 (1977) (hereinafter Odegaard). 1843, 52 L.Ed.2d 396 (1977). 145, 1 L.Ed.2d 114 (1956). 848, 94 L.Ed. The case was highly controversial and many adamantly opposed Bakke's arguments, protesting on the streets, afraid that Bakke's case would set black rights back even further. Supplemental Brief, supra, at 28 (emphasis added). Absent a finding of past discrimination -- and thus the need for remedial measures to compensate minorities for the prior discriminatory practices of the employer -- the federal courts, with one exception, have held that the preferential treatment of minorities in employment is invalid on the ground that it deprives a member of the [18 Cal.3d 58] majority of a benefit because of his race. In August 1973, Bakke applied for early admission into UCD. See, e. g., R. Wade, Slavery in the Cities: The South 1820-1860, pp. We declared as much in the first cases explicitly to recognize racial distinctions as suspect: "Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality." In neither year was his name placed on the discretionary waiting list. In addition, the understanding of Mr. Justice STEWART's concurring opinion, which observed that standing was not being contested, was that the standing alleged by petitioners was as third-party beneficiaries of the funding contract between the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the San Francisco United School District, a theory not alleged by the present respondent. For, in addition, 'the Court [has] developed, for its own governance in the cases confessedly within its jurisdiction, a series of rules under which it has avoided passing upon a large part of all the constitutional questions pressed upon it for decision.' fn. See also Ashwander v. TVA, 297 U.S. 288, 346-348, 56 S.Ct. 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