The Assault on Affirmative Action in California's Public Institutions of Higher Education. Two major developments have roiled the college and university community in California over the last several years. With Suits Pending, U. of Cal. But a few months later, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the temporary restraining order and held that Proposition 209 was constitutional and enforceable. In the 1997-98 admission cycle, the University of California selected entering freshman classes without regard to race and ethnicity.
Judges are quick to dismiss such assertions as abstractions.
The bar has been raised.