Diversity and Democracy Article
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Paul Boudreaux, Diversity and Democracy, 72 U. Cin. L. Rev. 961 (2004)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
For decades, American law has debated, inconclusively, whether the great legal pronouncements against race discrimination permit “affirmative action.” As a means of ending much of this debate, this article argues that it may be a good time for Congress to answer this question directly. For decades, it was assumed that affirmative action would never be accepted explicitly by legislatures; it would have to be adopted through less democratic means. But attitudes have changed, and the time might be ripe for straighter talk and a democratic solution to the affirmative action debate.