Derailing Affirmative Action

Brett Amole

 

Brett Amole

Val Pech urged her husband to protest the unfair nature of affirmative-action programs.

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• Val Pech
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• U.S. Courts

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"The problem the government has is that the program has been in place for a generation," counters Kennedy. "At some point a remedial program serves its purpose or demonstrates it is ineffective. If it's served its purpose, the government can't justify continuing. If it is ineffective, the government can't justify its use."

In a perfect world, the Supreme Court would say that what happened to his company was "no different from discrimination," Randy Pech says. "And this not allowed under any circumstances. Period."