Senators Thomas A. Daschle (SD-D), Edward M. Kennedy (MA-D), Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY-D), et al.
Amici Curiae
David T. Goldberg, Counsel of RecordSenators Daschle, Kennedy, and Clinton are joined in this brief by nine other senators. All have voted for and supported Federal programs to achieve diversity in higher education. David T. Goldberg received his law degree from Harvard University in 1993. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 19, 2003.More than two decades ago, Justice Powell’s Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) opinion recognized the "paramount" importance of policies that promote racial diversity in higher education.Over the years since…