Which state attempted to ban all forms of affirmative action?
a. california
b. washington
c. texas
d. florida

The answer to the question: which state attempted to ban all forms of affirmative action, is, C: Texas.

Explanation:

Although initially accepted, the project of affirmative action which was being implemented everywhere in the United States was contested for the first time in the state of Texas in the case Hopwood vs. University of Texas Law School, in 1996, when three white law school applicants insisted that the policy of affirmative action, employed by the school in their selection process, prevented more qualified white applicants from entering the program in favor of people of minorities who were less apt. It was upheld and the University was forced to revise their programs of admissions. Again, a new contest was made against affirmative action in 2015 in Fisher vs. University of Texas Austin.