A reflection under gerald ford and nixon under an American Society that said, these people can sit downstairs in the movie theater, they can register to vote, why are a majority of americans can support this. My general view is, affirmative action has been enhanced. Thats what i told the president. And he was pleased to know. That when you lose, what five to four . Eight to one . Seven to one . What it is all said that in the ninth hitting you lost great. Decision all persons having business for the honorable Supreme Court. Landmark cases, see spans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the Court Welcome to landmark cases. Tonight, affirmative action, in 19 78th a Supreme Court issued the decision in this on what is called the bakke case the ucs affirmative Action Program was declared unconstitutional. The
gigot. president biden slam ared the supreme court s decision ore jekyll9 the use of race when considering an applicant for higher education. ruling will force colleges and universities to find other ways of earn answering diverse i the among their student populations. chief justice john roberts wrote the the majority opinion. both harvard and the university of north carolina argued those policies were endorsed for decades with the high court with one goal, to promote the robusts, intellectually-diverse campus. but a group of asian-american students challenged that saying it held them to a higher standard than other groups of applicants. ruling could have major implications not only for higher education, but for industry ises that use race as a way the boost diversity. joining the panel, columnists khan henning good morning america kim strassel and bill mcgurn. dan henninger. bill, i don t know how many columns you ve one about this case, but it s been a lot, and your shi
to name a few the two men that will that will be featured in today s presidential speaker series event are exemplary of outstanding leadership in their own rights. first darren walker who i just had the pleasure of meeting right there president of the ford foundation who like me is a proud product of the american public education system. during his time at the ford foundation and international social justice philanthropy president walker led the ford foundation to become the first nonprofit in the us history to issue 1 billion dollars designated in social bond to us capitol markets to strengthen and stabilize nonprofit organizations as a response to the covid-19 pandemic. president walker has served on the independent commission on new york city criminal justice and incarceration reform as well as the un international labor organization global commission on the future of work. that is a lot of words. i m sorry. he co-founded both the us impact investing alliance and the presi
previous presidential speaker series events have featured supreme court justice sonia sotomayor and ruby bridges just to name a few the two men that will that will be featured in today s presidential speaker series event are exemplary of outstanding leadership in their own rights. first darren walker who i just had the pleasure of meeting right there president of the ford foundation who like me is a proud product of the american public education system. during his time at the ford foundation and international social justice philanthropy president walker led the ford foundation to become the first nonprofit in the us history to issue 1 billion dollars designated in social bond to us capitol markets to strengthen and stabilize nonprofit organizations as a response to the covid-19 pandemic. president walker has served on the independent commission on new york city criminal justice and incarceration reform as well as the un international labor organization global commission on th
right there president of the ford foundation who like me is a proud product of the american public education system. during his time at the ford foundation and international social justice philanthropy president walker led the ford foundation to become the first nonprofit in the us history to issue 1 billion dollars designated in social bond to us capitol markets to strengthen and stabilize nonprofit organizations as a response to the covid-19 pandemic. president walker has served on the independent commission on new york city criminal justice and incarceration reform as well as the un international labor organization global commission on the future of work. that is a lot of words. i m sorry. he co-founded both the us impact investing alliance and the president s council on disability inclusion in philanthropy and as a founding member of the board diversity action alliance, he serves on many other boards including the lincoln center for performing arts the national gallery of