" 1990: In 1990 Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in places of public accommodations. 1995: On June 12, 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena that the strict judicial scrutiny standard articulated in the Croson case also applied to affirmative action programs mandated by Congress as well as those undertaken by government agencies 1995: On July 20, 1995, the University of California Regents voted to remove consideration of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, color or national origin in admissions, contracting and hiring. 1995: In August of 1995 Governor Wilson filed suit against many state agencies and commissions which he oversees and against minority and women professional and civil rights groups challenging affirmative action programs in the state of California.
Today the topic of affirmative action is a very sensitive and volatile subject. Affirmative Action is a time bomb primed to detonate in the middle of the American political marketplace?, wrote Steven Roberts. The increasingly hostile and divisive debate about the role of gender and race is becoming a serious part of modern America. It appears that the issue of affirmative action can no longer be overlooked. The assault on affirmative action is gathering strength from a slow-growth economy, stagnant middle-class incomes and cooperate downsizing, all of which make the question of who gets hired or fired more volatile. Of course with the growing assault comes the increasing defense. What has been law and considered the right thing to do for thirty years is now being challenged.
The pros and cons on the demise of affirmative action. This is not a sentence The law of the land governs all of our disparate lives. Against the chaos of conflict and above the passions of self-interest, the civilizing power of the law depends upon an ethical agreement on the common good.