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Affirmative Action is any effort taken to expand opportunity for women or racial, ethnic and national origin minorities by using membership in those groups that have been subject to discrimination as a consideration. The Fourteenth Amendment states that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected t ....
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.... admitted with the special admissions program had lower scores, Bakke alleged that the Medical Schools special admissions program operated to exclude him from the school on the basis of his race (258). This, he stated, violates his rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Equal Protection Clause states that No State shall
deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The guarantee of equal protection can ....
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