Court setback for affirmative action

The United States Supreme Court has refused to consider an appeal against a controversial court ruling on 바카라사이트 role of race in college admissions. The ruling sidesteps 바카라사이트 sensitive issue of how far colleges may go in artificially boosting 바카라사이트 numbers of minority students.

The Clinton administration, civil rights groups and nine states had joined Texas in challenging a lower court ruling barring 바카라사이트 University of Texas law school from discriminating in favour of black and Mexican-American students. The court said that race "cannot be taken into account" in admissions.

The ruling was called a stunning setback for affirmative action programmes adopted in many colleges since 바카라사이트 civil rights era to even 바카라사이트 racial balance in higher education.

The University of Texas, intending that at least 15 per cent of its admissions be Mexican-American or black, had required lower test scores from both groups. But it abandoned 바카라사이트 policy in 1992 - part of 바카라사이트 reason 바카라사이트 Supreme Court did not want to intervene.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, in refusing 바카라사이트 petition to appeal: "We must await a final judgement on a program genuinely in controversy before addressing 바카라사이트 important question raised in this petition."