...that goal. Brennan wrote, "We hold that benign race-conscious measures mandated by Congress—even if those measures are not 'remedial' in the sense...compensate victims of past governmental or societal discrimination—are constitutionally permissible" (110 S.Ct. 3008-9). In dissent, Justice O'Connor...

...scheduled for a revocation hearing. In a 5-4 decision, the Court upheld the policy. Even though it was not remedial in the sense of being designed to compensate...victims of past governmental or societal discrimination, Justice Brennan said the FCC policy was constitutionally permissible because it embodied a benign racial...

...more government contracting with particular groups that do not compensate victims of past government or societal discrimination are constitutionally permissible...that they serve important governmental objectives and are substantially related to achieving those objectives. We believe the government's objective...

...governmental benefits. In Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC, 497 US 547 (1990), the Rehnquist Court held that "benign raceconscious measures mandated by Congress...power of Congress and are substantially related to the achievement of those objectives." Id. at 564-65. The Court continued to refuse to subject such...

...room for Congress to award preferences, even if not justified by prior discrimination: We hold that benign race-conscious measures mandated by Congress...power of Congress and are substantially related to the achievement of those objectives.67 Brennan had no problem in finding that both parts of his test...

...focos on a methodological individualism.14 Finally, although the majority described its mcasores as "not 'remedial' in the sense of being designed to compensate victims of past governmental or socictal discrimination,"15 its rcasoning is clcarly framed as a corrective for historical conditions...

...distinguished from local initiatives stating 'even if those measures [ie federal racial classifications] arc not "remedial" in the sense of being designed to compensate...victims of past governmental or societal discrimination [they] are constitutionally permissible to the extent that they serve important governmental objectives...

...industry." Moving away from the standard of strict scrutiny of racial distinctions, the majority held "that benign race-conscious measures mandated by Congress...that they serve important governmental objectives." The dissenters, in a consolidated opinion, insisted that "the Constitution provides that the Government...

...component of the Fifth Amendment.187 In his opinion for the majority, Justice Brennan wrote: We hold that benign race-conscious measures mandated by Congress...serve important governmental objectives within the powers of Congress [eg, the commerce, and general welfare powers] and are substantially related to...

...favoring racial minorities. Speaking for the Court, Justice William J. Brennan Jr. wrote: "We hold that benign race-conscious measures mandated by Congress—...sense of being designed to compensate victims of past governmenral or socieral discrimination— are constitutionally permissible to the extent that they...