... to sways in public sentiment but can clearly be effected by them. The change in the Supreme Court's opinion is a reflection of interpretation and overall public sentiment regarding affirmative action. The Adarand decision is not the first judgment that has ruled against an affirmative action program but ... decisions but it also stipulated that the Federal Government and all of it's programs that deal with preferences will be looked at with a strict sense of judicial scrutiny to avoid misapplication of these programs. The courts as far back as 1938 stated in what is now commonly known as...

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