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Article: Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to California's ban on affirmative action.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- November 3, 1997
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WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court refused to hear a legal challenge to California's ground-breaking ban on affirmative-action programs Monday, clearing the way for the state to end preferences for women and racial minorities.
The court's action is expected to encourage states throughout the country to follow California's lead in abolishing affirmative-action programs by government agencies. Similar measures have already been proposed in about 25 states.
The nine Supreme Court justices, without comment or dissent, made final a lower-court ruling the California ban is constitutional. Their action is legally binding in many Western states but does not ...