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Article: U.S. Latino Leadership Backs Affirmative Action in Higher Education; Open Letter to President Bush Urges His Support for Supreme Court Cases.
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- January 8, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders of the nation's most prominent Latino organizations gathered in Washington, D.C. to show their support for affirmative action in higher education, now in danger of being overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. These leaders will sign an open letter to President Bush urging him to back affirmative action at a news conference.
At issue are two Supreme Court cases currently under review; Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger that challenge the University of Michigan's right to consider race as a plus factor in its law school and undergraduate admissions processes. The outcome of this decision may have a ...