539 U.S. 244; 123 S. Ct. 2411 (2003)
The NAACP joined the brief of amici curiae, including the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., the National Women's Law Center, National Partnership of Women & Families, Coalition of Bar Associations of Color and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. The questions presented in the Petition asked whether the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions program is unlawful under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The amici argue that the inclusion of race as one factor among a number of factors, in determining admissions from among qualified applicants to the University's undergraduate programs, is constitutionally justified by two distinct compelling interests. The first interest is the remedial interest of eliminating the "badges and incidents of slavery," particularly with respect to educational opportunity. The second compelling interest is achieving diversity in higher education.
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