Disaffirmative Action

Affirmative action, in various forms, has been around for decades. In a number of famous cases, from Bakke in 1978 to Grutter in 2003, the Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of affirmative action in higher education admissions programs, within limits.But does the Supreme Court's approval of affirmative action mean that a state must keep such programs in place? That was the issue in the 2014 Supreme Court case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. One of Stewart's students at the University of Tennessee has recently written about the Schuette case. The student's name is Russ Swafford, and his "case note" is so good that it will soon be published in the Tennessee Law Review.Please join us for a fascinating discussion about this controversial area of constitutional law.