How can analyzing Justice Thomas' judicial opinions about affirmative action policy reveal potential future trends in modern Supreme Court decision-making?

Project by Polygence alum Ilayda

How can analyzing Justice Thomas' judicial opinions about affirmative action policy reveal potential future trends in modern Supreme Court decision-making?

Project's result

The purpose of my project is to clarify how Justice Thomas' interpretation of affirmative action was influenced by his own life, what influenced his decisions and the factors that influenced him.

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Summary

This paper argues the historical context of affirmative action policies, how and why Justice Thomas’ judicial opinions shaped affirmative action through his life and, based on these, predict the potential future trends that Supreme Court decision-making may take. I also focused on the specific cases, such as Students For Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard College and University of North Carolina (UNC), Fisher v. University of Texas (UT), Grutter v. Bollinger, and Gratz v. Bollinger, to understand Justice Thomas’ concurrence and dissent to make reasonable predictions regarding future affirmative action college admission race based policies.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze recent affirmative action policies in order to determine how Justice Thomas' dissenting and concurring opinions affected these cases and whether future affirmative action decisions can be predicted. In section one, I provide an overview of relevant terms that are necessary to understand affirmative action. In section two, I will discuss arguments and analyze parts of the topic. Section three discusses the background of Justice Thomas' life and the things that influenced his decision to focus on affirmative action cases.

Isabella

Isabella

Polygence mentor

JD Juris Doctorate

Subjects

Computer Science, Social Science

Expertise

Law and Technology

Ilayda

Ilayda

Student

Hi there! My name is İlayda and my Polygence project is on 'How can analyzing Justice Thomas' judicial opinions about affirmative action policy reveal potential future trends in modern Supreme Court decision-making?'

Graduation Year

2022

About my mentor

“It was a pleasure to meet Isabella and work with her. Whenever I needed assistance, not only with my paper, but also with college applications she was there for me. I look forward to working with her again in the future.”