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Rachel Multer Michalewicz

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Rachel Multer Michalewicz is mentioned once as the second plaintiff in the case, but then isn't mentioned again. While information is provided about Fisher's grades and scores, nothing is said about the other plaintiff. Ileanadu (talk) 02:15, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Grammar problem

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Alito questioned how "a court ever be able to determine whether stereotypes have been adequately destroyed"

The above is not a grammatical sentence, though the quoted section is accurate. Perhaps change to:

Alito questioned how a court could "ever be able to determine whether stereotypes have been adequately destroyed"

Michael Hurwicz (talk) 19:03, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Policy Analysis

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Scalia's role in the case

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The decision in this case was rendered 4-3, with 7 justices participating. The current infobox only lists 8 justices, the 7 who took part in the decision, and Kagan, who recused herself. I was going to add justice Scalia (who passed away shortly before the decision was rendered) to the "Not participating" part of the infobox.

Unfortunately this leads to the infobox saying, "Kagan and Scalia took no part in the consideration or decision of this case." That's technically not correct; Scalia indeed did not take part in the decision of the case (as he predeceased) but he did take part in the oral arguments and (presumably) the deliberation between the justices. (The linked source includes a re-enactment of the oral argument by dogs, but is a correct audio record).

Is there any way with the infobox to specify why only 8 justices were accounted for without using the "Not present" part? Otherwise the fact that Scalia was deceased at the time first appears halfway down the article (And the fact that he was present in oral arguments is not mentioned at all). Perhaps a line which says something to the effect of "Scalia was present for most of the proceedings, but predeceased before judgement."

Alternatively I understand why one would say there were only 8 justices on the bench at the time judgement was rendered, therefore it should only show 8 justices. However I point again to the fact that a viewer will be confused why only 8 justices were mentioned (instead of the typical 9) and that Scalia was involved for most of the history and proceedings of the case.

For now I've simply added Scalia into the "Not Participating" section. BabbleOnto (talk) 01:26, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]