| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 1779 |
| AUTHOR: | Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court |
| QUOTATION: | Ever so subtly, without even alluding to the last obstacles preserved by earlier opinions that we now push out of our path, we effectively replace the goal of a discrimination-free society with the quite imcompatible goal of proportionate representation by race and by sex in the workplace. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dissenting opinion in 6-3 ruling that employers may sometimes favor women and members of minorities over better-qualified men and whites in hiring and promoting in order to achieve better balance in their work forces, 25 Mar 87 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Law: Judicial Opinions |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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