From Bakke to Fisher, evolution of affirmative action cases

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Three years later, when her case returned to the court, the justices in a narrow ruling upheld the school's use of affirmative action.
56% : That would be a major shift for the court, which first ruled in favor of affirmative action policies in admissions in 1978.
55% : Frustrated that affirmative action survived anyway, Gratz was instrumental in Michigan's passage of Proposal 2, which ended race-based preferences in state university admissions.
45% : The Supreme Court will take up the issue of affirmative action again Monday -- the second time in six years -- but with the conservative majority now generally expected to end the use of race in higher education admissions.

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