Supreme Court Splits on Diversity Efforts at University of Michigan
By David Stout for the NY Times.

The law school’s policy was affirmed in a 5-to-4 ruling, written by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, that rejected Bush administration arguments that the policy should be voided. She declared that the Constitution “does not prohibit the law school’s narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.”
“Effective participation by members of all racial and ethnic groups in the civic life of our nation is essential if the dream of one nation, indivisible, is to be realized,” Justice O’Connor wrote.
She was joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer.
Dissenting were Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas.

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Supreme Court Splits on Diversity Efforts at University of Michigan
By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON, June 23