AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUAL PROTECTION HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S.J. Res. 41 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 84-280 O MAY 4, JUNE 11, 18, AND JULY 16, 1981 Serial No. J-97-24 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1983 THOMAS D. PARRY, Chief Counsel STEPHEN J. MARKMAN, General Counsel and Staff Director RANDALL RADER, Counsel ROBERT FEIDLER, Minority Counsel (II) CONTENTS OPENING STATEMENTS Page Sedler, Robert, professor of law, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich Kilson, Martin, professor of government, Harvard University. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1981 Martinez, Vilma, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund Todorovich, Miro, University Center for Rational Alternatives. Smith, Ralph R., assistant professor of law, University of Pennsylvania.. Sowell, Thomas, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Nagel, Thomas, professor of philosophy, New York University, New York, Bunzel, John H., senior fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.... Herrity, John F., chairman, board of supervisors, Fairfax County, Common- Lowery, Rev. Joseph E., president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Flowers, Wanda, legal counsel, Working Women.... ALPHABETICAL LISTING AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED Skewing Affirmative Action's Purpose, by Morris B. Abram, from the |