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Engage: Volume 10, Issue 2

Civil RightsFrance Says Non to Affirmative Action: Will the U.S. Do the Same?By Elizabeth K. Dorminey*

* Elizabeth K. Dorminey is Of Counsel at Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel,Schneider & Stine, PC, in Atlanta (GA). Tis article is based on remarks

prepared for a Federalist Society panel discussion in recognition of the60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, heldin Strasbourg, France in December 2008. Te author wishes to thankFranois-Henri Briard, President of the Paris chapter and James P.Kelly, Director of the International Law & Sovereignty Project, for theirsupport; and Pepper Crutcher and Stephen Goldfarb for their constructivecriticism.

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2 P Id Cu S . S S D 1, 127S.C. 2738 (2007).(Rb, C.J.) (p bu d , ud Equ P Cu, ud p d fi ubbd ; held, d p d duud ju d u fi ud p, abrogating Comfort v. Lynn School Comm., 418 F.3d 1 (1 C.2005); d d d w u fi ud p w d d).

3 Cf. Hpwd . x, 78 F.3d 932 (C.A.5 1996) (Hpwd I) (d d p ); with S . U

W. Lw S, 233 F.3d 1188 (9 C. 2000) (d ); andD . K S/B Pu Bp E, 470 F.3d 827(9 C. 2006) ( p p ud NHw dd 42 U.S.C. 1981).

4 Gu . B, 539 U.S. 306, 123 S.C. 2325, (2003) (OC,J.) (w d p d ud bd;d d p w w d p b du bfi flw d ud bd,

d u dd Equ P Cu); Gz . B,539 U.S. 244, 123 S.C. 2411 (2003) (Rqu, J.) (u d p d Equ P Cu bu u

w w d pd d p d).

5 See, e.g., Rd . J.A. C C., 488 U.S. 469, 507, 109 S.C.706 (1989) ((pu p) ( -d p uk dwbu d d p

ju p, d p w w d d ff p d.); Add Cu, I. . P, 515 U.S. 200,227, 115 S.C. 2097 (1995) (OC, J.) ( fi, pdb w d, , , u b zd bw u ud u).

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7 R U C . Bkk, 438 U.S. 265, 98 S.C.2733, 57 L.Ed.2d 750 (1978).

8 V Rp 55, .4 ( Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch., 127 S.C. 2738).

8 Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch., 127 S. C. 2768.

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15 R . DS, -- S. C. --, 2009 WL 1835138 (Ju 29, 2009).

16 Sp p. 15; seeG . Duk Pw ., 401 U.S. 424 (1971).

17 R . DS, 2009 WL 952214 (Ap 7, 2009) (p pb ) *23-*24.

18 Sp p. 20-21 (S, J., u).

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24 P . Fu, 163 U.S. 537, 559, 16 S.C. 1138 (1896) (H, J., d) (Ou Cu -bd, d kw

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25 Grutter, 539 U.S. 341-42 ( P . Sd, 466 U.S. 429, 432,104 S.C. 1879 (1984)).

26 Grutter, 539 U.S. 342-43 ( d).

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28 Ricci, p p. 21 (S, J., u).

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