Grutter v. Bollinger Essays

“She wanted her son to go there as well, but because of affirmative action or minority something...her son wasn’t accepted” (Rankine 13). This quote is interesting to me because it reminds of the case Grutter v. Bollinger, where a white female applicant to the University of Michigan Law School sued the school for violating her Fourteenth Amendment because they denied her admission. She lost in the end, but the ideology that minorities are more easily accepted into schools than whites is still thought

Grutter V. Bollinger Research Paper 2 Abstract Barbara Grutter (plaintiff) which is a resident of Michigan who was denied admissions into the University of Michigan Law School. Lee Bollinger (defendant) was president of the University of Michigan. Grutter filed this suit because the University had discriminated against the basis of race. Supreme Court ruled that the use of affirmative action in school admissions is constitutional if it treats race as some factor. Is affirmative action still necessary

Though in Grutter v. Bollinger we deal with the 14th amendment of the Equal Protection Clause and racial classifications too, the way race is used is slightly differs. In this particular case, the court had to decide whether the use of race at the Univeristy of Michigan Law School during the admissions process violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment. Barbara Grutter, a Caucasian applicant, applied to the University of Michigan in 1996 with a 3.8 GPA and a score of 161 on her LSAT

Bearman v. Notre Dame 453 N.E. 2d 1196 (Ind Ct App 1983) Facts: The plaintiff Christenna Bearman and her husband sued the University of Notre Dame for the damages that resulted from an injury occurring on October 27th, 1979. Mrs. Bearman’s leg was broken when an intoxicated person after walking away from fighting with another intoxicated man fell into her from behind, knocking her down as she was returning to her car after a Notre Dame football game. During the incident there was no security

for admission to its medical schools?” (Regents of the University of California v. Bakke). Ultimately, the Court votes deemed that Bakke should be admitted to the medical program. The Court ruled that while race could be used in admissions decisions, “any racial quota

of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, the Equal Protection Clause demands that racial classifications are to be subjected to the most rigid scrutiny. Therefore, when government decisions take into account race it must serve a compelling government interest. The petitioner’s least convincing argument is that UT’s consideration of face is too modest to be constitutional. Race is supposed to have a modest impact and holistic and individualized which was approved in the Grutter and Bakke

Fisher v. Texas “Universities all over the country are breathing a sigh of relief,” Sherrilyn Ifill ("Fisher v. University of Texas”). The final decision of the court case Fisher v. Texas, ruled against student Abigail Fisher; rejecting her opinion that colleges taking in consideration of race as a factor of acceptances is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment ("Fisher v University of Texas Syllabus”). This means that, when deciding among a pool of qualified applicants

hide their selves. Every day the people tell themselves that they are strong when they are not. Evey Hammond, the female lead in Wachowskis’s dystopian film V for Vendetta, is a character who changes from an ignorant submissive girl into a conscious bold woman who can stand on her own. The catalysts for this change was the abduction by V. Using intricate symbols, well put together film styles, and a complex plot line, the audience can connect with Evey Hammond, and understand her metamorphosis

Mrs. Linde is a minor character in the play “A Doll’s House”, by Henrik Ibsen, which reflects a down-to-earth woman and possesses a sensible worldview towards life. Nora, on the other hand, has a childish outlook on life. Mrs. Linde plays a very important role in this issue by polishing Nora’s attitude towards society. She seems obliged to be Nora’s teacher and guide on her journey to maturity. At the beginning of the play Nora receives a visit from Kristen Linde; her childhood friend. However

The following speech is given by Clover soon after the pigs started sleeping in the Manor House. “My fellow comrades, I am here to tell you that the pigs are not good leaders. Now I know that this might come as a shock to everyone, but I want you to hear me out. Recently, we found out that the pigs started sleeping on the beds in the Manor House and at first, we were all disturbed and we all remembered a rule that banned animals from sleeping on beds, which is why we all confronted the pigs. But

“Visual Literacy” The influence of the Counter-Reformation on the state of visual art in the early 16th century was dramatic. Much of the art of this period was used as an educational tool for Catholics who may not have been literate, but were devoted to the images and sculptures in their churches. Protestants, especially Martin Luther who translated Scripture into the common vernacular, were extremely adamant about the masses being literate especially in regards to Scripture. As a way to present

by Marcus Waithe, in the early 17th century appeared several “ambitious accounts of utopian societies”. The most known and successful being the most successful being: The City of the Sun (1632) by Tommaso Campanella, Christianopolis (1619), by Johann V. Andreae, and The New Atlantis (1624) by Sir Francis Bacon. [online

“AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!” Dialing “911” there has been a murder it 's my husband. “Calm down ma 'am where r u at?”asked the operator. ”We are at “6897 Scott Road, Winchester. Hurry! Hurry!” I yelled urgently “We are doing the best we can. I am sending a unit now.” he replied. “ i think i see him he’s coming…..NO NO AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!” phone hangs up…. Phone hits the floor with a thud!! 10:46PM, Cops arrive. All is quiet, “Did you see anything ma’am” he asked. “No i was woken up by a loud scream”

V for Vendetta Argumentative Analysis V for Vendetta stresses how one person can change a whole country and effect all of the citizens of the country. This is an extremely important topic because today there are many tyrant countries that act similar to the fictional English government in the movie. The Government’s argument to the citizens is ineffective for multiple reasons, such as the fact that they lost trust in their citizens and the lost to V in the end. The Government is very selective

In V for Vendetta, Great Britain has fallen into an era of totalitarian governments and a majorly dystopian society full of propaganda and fear. A woman named Evey meets a masked man called V who combats the corruption of the government using violent tactics. She learns more about the dishonesty of the government officials and how that influences the citizens of the country. Because of this corruption, Great Britain as set in V for Vendetta is classified as a dystopian society. Although other critics

The main characters in Fahrenheit 451 and The Matrix, Guy Montag and Neo, have many differences and similarities. Neo and Guy Montag have many major comparisons in that they both rebel against a dystopian government and that they both use what the government took away to defeat them. They are different by in the old world they used to live in, Montag loved his life. Meanwhile, Neo hated his life in the matrix. The similarities between these two are honestly striking. One of the biggest similarities

dystopian literature, 1984, V for Vendetta and “Harrison Bergeron,” synopsize in their plots. In all three schemes there are totalitarian leaders, meaning each government not only says how the society should run but also depicts the lives of the individuals in it. Although varying with their degree of control, each leader uses perplex tactics to negatively influence and control their community. All three governing bodies including George Orwell’s 1984, James McTeigue’s film V for Vendetta and Kurt Vonnegut’s

Nowadays, citizens are governed by a democratic government, however in the past, they were governed by other forms of governments.One of the forms of governments that is presented in both the movie V for Vendetta by James McTeigue and the novel 1984 by George Orwell is Totalitarianism. Both 1984 and V for Vendetta, displays London being ruled by a totalitarianism government throughout the plot. “Totalitarianism is a political style where the government is usually under the control of a single political

further into our readings that truly appealed to me was the philosophical and concrete explanation of a mask and its purposes, in the graphic novel, V for Vendetta by Alan Moore. Within the graphic novel we get insight into V’s purpose he hold of wearing the mask, which is to hide his identity and strengthen the idea that anyone can be behind the mask. V reiterates this theory by saying, “Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof

characterisation, the online article I for Integrity outlines the subjective views of the sidekick characters in both Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta and Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, as put forth by Jordana Greenblatt. It questions the texts popularity amongst the graphic novel consumership and in turn the reason for that acclaim. Suggesting, in the case of V for Vendetta, that the due to the texts social questioning that Moore creates a deeply humanistic narrative that is more a social reflection