SCOUS 對AA裁決的直接意義:
SCOUS的裁決,是針對聯邦上訴法庭裁決的判斷。而上訴法庭是接了原告對聯邦地區法庭裁決的申訴。那麽這個案子判了以後,對哈佛的影響是什麽?
這個要把最開始原告提出的告案找來看:
原告的要求:
1。要求法庭宣布哈佛違反人權法。
2。要求法庭宣布在教育問題上任何以種族為判據都是違反人權法。
3。永遠禁止哈佛以種族因素決定本科生的錄取。
4。永遠禁止哈佛在錄取過程中的人員知道被錄取人的種族身分。
5。哈佛需要支付本案法律費用。
6。任何除上述之外的法庭認為正當的裁決。
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., prays for the
following relief as to all counts:
(a) A declaratory judgment, pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28
U.S.C. § 2201, from the Court that Harvard’s admissions policies and procedures violate
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.;
(b) A declaratory judgment, pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28
U.S.C. § 2201, from the Court that any use of race or ethnicity in the educational setting
violates the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42
U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.;
(c) A permanent injunction prohibiting Harvard from using race as a factor in
future undergraduate admissions decisions;
(d) A permanent injunction requiring Harvard to conduct all admissions in a
manner that does not permit those engaged in the decisional process to be aware of or
learn the race or ethnicity of any applicant for admission;
(e) Attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and any other
applicable legal authority; and
(f) All other relief this Court finds appropriate and just.