Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1989
Abstract
As Solicitor General of the United States, Charles Fried, like any good advocate, was often in the position of attempting to generate broad holdings from relatively narrow and particularistic Supreme Court decisions. This was especially true in affirmative action cases. There, the Department of Justice argued that cautious precedents actually stood for the broad proposition that measures designed to put members of disadvantaged groups on a plane of equality should, for constitutional purposes, be treated the same as measures intended to stigmatize or subordinate them. The Supreme Court, however, has consistently rejected this reading of its precedents and the broad proposition as well.
Recommended Citation
Kamisar, Yale. "Scholars' Reply to Professor Fried." L. C. Bollinger et al., co-authors. Yale L. J. 99 (1989): 163-8.
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