This recent shift in affirmative action appears to be the result of one simple thing: politics. ... Dole proposed legislation to ban preferential treatment in federal programs and the Clinton Administration was considering reform to affirmative action by supporting a reformed version that complies with the 1995 ruling by the Supreme Court. ... The reform never occurred and the trend/ influences has impressions our political leaders away from abolishing affirmative action to the extent of empowering more benefit toward affirmative action as shown by the recent ruling of the Supreme Court with...

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