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司法是保護人民, 是人人在法律下都平等嗎?

WASHINGTON — In a fractured decision that revealed deep divisions over what role the judiciary should play in protecting racial and ethnic minorities, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Michigan constitutional amendment that bans affirmative action in admissions to the state’s public universities.

The 6-to-2 ruling effectively endorsed similar measures in seven other states. It may also encourage more states to enact measures banning the use of race in admissions or to consider race-neutral alternatives to ensure diversity.

States that forbid affirmative action in higher education, like Florida and California, as well as Michigan, have seen a significant drop in the enrollment of black and Hispanic students in their most selective colleges and universities.

In five separate opinions spanning more than 100 pages, the justices set out starkly conflicting views. The justices in the majority, with varying degrees of vehemence, said that policies affecting minorities that do not involve intentional discrimination should be decided at the ballot box rather than in the courtroom.

司法是保護人民, 是人人在法律下都平等嗎?

Affirmative action是美國法律中明文規範所有政府機構須給予每個族群平等的機會, 因此大學需收少數民族, 相對的就壓縮白人的額度, 有些州抗議成功如加州佛州不受此法條限制, 也因如此,近幾年來非裔與西裔學生人數下滑,如今密西根州跟進,最高法院也支持, 那麼這條法的適用性是否也受到了限制?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/us/supreme-court-michigan-affirmative-action-ban.html?emc=edit_na_20140422&nlid=69108983