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Affirmative Action
Last Aired: 7/7/2003

In a 5 to 4, end of term, split decision, the U. S. Supreme Court upheld affirmative action programs at public universities. More than twenty years ago the High Court outlawed strict quota systems, but the justices let stand programs that consider race as one of many factors. Two white students who were denied admission to the University of Michigan asked the Court to revisit the 1978 precedent and
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Thanks to all our listeners and guests who, over nine years, helped us begin a national conversation on the powers and limits of government, the relevance of our constitution, and the meaning of democracy. Thanks to Annenberg and NPR and, on a personal note, I also owe a debt to the two people who taught me political theory many years ago: Jack Schaar and Sheldon Wolin. –Margot Adler
 
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