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This Supreme Court case involved “national defense” as a reasoning for sending a man away

What is Korematsu v. United States

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Allan Bakke initiated his case because he was rejected from university twice in this state

What is California

100

Justice Murphy stated in his dissent of Korematsu v. U.S. that the exclusion of the order alienated Korematsu over this war.

What is World War II?

100

What is the significance of Korematsu v United States?

The US held the right to exclude and forcibly move people on the basis of race.

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This case involved a man who also lobbied in congress to pass the civil liberties act of 1988

What is Korematsu v. United State

200

This Supreme Court case involves the pursuit of increasing the representation of “disadvantaged” students

What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

200

The Korematsu v. U.S. case was a result of this war

What is World War II

200

Justice Black, one of the Justices in the majority of the ruling in Korematsu v. U.S, stated that the Executive Order placed on the Japanese wasn’t based on racial discrimination, but rather to stop this possibility from occurring.

What is invasion?

200

This case has not been officially overturned despite current views that it was incorrect

What is Korematsu vs United States

200

In this case there was no single majority opinion

What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

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In the case of Korematsu v. The United States, this was the court’s ruling

What is 6-3

300

In the University of California v. Bakke case, Allan Bakke was rejected from this particular program at the school

What is the (Davis) Medical School

300

Justice Jackson, one of the Justices in the minority of the ruling in Korematsu v. U.S, stated in his dissent that the order legitimized racism and violated this clause in this amendment.

What is Equal Protection under Fourteenth Amendment?

300

Regents v. Bakke confirmed that this concept could be considered constitutional

What is Affirmative Action

300

Bakke applied to medical school this many times

What is two

400

In the case of the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, this was the court’s ruling

What is 8-1

400

In the Korematsu v. United States case, the American citizen was discriminated against because he was of this origin

What is Japanese

400

Four Justices in Bakke v. University of California contended that any racial quota supported by the government violated this Act

What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964?

400

The significance of Bakke is tied to the interpretation of what federal clause

What is the Equal Protection clause

400

Hugo l black wrote the majority opinion in this case

What is Korematsu v. United States

500

This Supreme Court case involved admission to the University of Michigan Law School and using race as a factor in making admissions decisions to serve a “compelling interest in achieving diversity among its student body.”

What is Grutter v. Bollinger

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In The Korematsu v U.S. Case, Korematsu refused to leave his exclusion zone because he felt it was a violation of this amendment

What is the 5th Amendment

500

In the Bakke v. Regents of the University of California, this Justice who casted the deciding vote that allowed Bakke to attend the school also created a dissent for the case.

Who is Lewis F. Powell?

500

Grutter v Bollinger reaffirmed Affirmative Action for this reason 

Race was considered as one of many factors in the admissions process. Thus this was deemed neutral enough by the courts

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Bakke wanted to attend this medical school

What is the University of California medical school at Davis

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