a condition (or state) of disrepair / the current status of the arms negotiations. Hypernyms (status is a kind of...): state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of status): disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places) tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity (the physical condition of being stretched or strained) amyotonia; atonia; atonicity; atony (lack of normal muscular tension or tonus)
The issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation's highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice denying him admission because he was white. Strict racial quotas were unconstitutional, the court said â affirmative action was not.
In United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional. In a 5 to 4 vote, the court ruled that DOMA violated the rights of gays and lesbians. The court also ruled that the law interferes with the states' rights to define marriage.It was the first case ever on the issue of gay marriage for the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. voted against striking it down as did Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.n a 5 to 4 vote, the court ruled that DOMA violated the rights of gays and lesbians. The court also ruled that the law interferes with the states' rights to define marriage. It was the first case ever on the issue of gay marriage for the Supreme Court.