Surprise! They are both FOR Affirmative Action and oppose unlawful employment discrimination!
TRUMP ON AA: Mr. Trump even “called out” then sitting United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for a controversial statement Justice Scalia made during oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in the Fisher v. University of Texas Affirmative Action preferences in admission case which questioned the utility of affirmative action. (Abigail Fisher is a White applicant to UT to whom UT denied admission. Ms. Fisher claims that UT admitted less qualified Black students who took “her seat” in the University due to a race-based admission process she claims is unconstitutional). In a December 13, 2015 interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”show, Mr. Trump said the following about Scalia’s statement in his own forceful, candid and irreverent style… Read more.
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