Regents Of The University Of California V. Bakke - 980 Words

S.C.O.T.U.S. Legal Brief Justin Kaye Period 2 May 2015 Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1976) Facts of the case: In the early 1970’s UC Davis decided to have a dual admissions program for their medical school. The purpose of having two admissions programs in one would be for regular students and the other one would be for â€Å"disadvantaged† students. Minority applicants could now say they were â€Å"disadvantaged† so they were put in the special pool which would make it easy for them to get into the medical program. One major differences between both programs is that through the â€Å"disadvantaged† program you could have lower than a 2.5 and still be eligible to get into the school. The controversy began when Allan Bakke applied to†¦show more content†¦However, the Superior Court of Yolo County stated that Bakke should not be admitted into the medical school because he failed to show that he would actually be admitted if there was no special admissions program. Both sides appealed because Regents of the University of California didn t believe it was unconstitutional and Bakke wanted to be admitted into the medical program. The next step was onto The Supreme Court of California. They said the same exact thing that the Superior Court of Yolo County said, however they said that Bakke should be admitted into the medical program because the University, not Bakke, failed to show that he would not be admitted without the specialty program. Regents of the University of California appealed this because both courts did not agree with the points that they made. Petition before the Supreme Court: Both sides had major arguments and reasons why they thought their side was right. Regents of the University of California said that their special admissions program helped limit discrimination in our society. Medical schools normally were discriminatory towards minors (by the admission process based of credentials) so this program helped ease that problem. The Regents of the University of California also stated that the program will help poor communities by giving them physicians that will want to go and help out the cause of where they grew up. Regents of the