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LOL But I thought this was a defeat. What was obvious to anyone with half a brain is that there is little in the ways of concrete techinques by which one can determine that race was not used as a main or sole criterion in admitting a student. How could anyone tell that a black or Mexican student with 250 pts lower on the SAT and a .5 differential in GPA didn't get in as a result of race alone? The officials will just say "oh, they volunteered one time, that was a big factor. Race was A factor, but not the main one." They could say this while barely restraining themselves from guffawing at your questions.

BTW, How the hell does this ruling take precedence over Texas laws? It says that Michigan CAN engage in this, but surely even Michigan must abide by Michigan's laws? So how can the Uni of Texas simply overturn Hopwood???!?!!?

Wouldn't you think that the University of TX has been awaiting for a long time to get rid of Hopwood any way that it can. Therefore, the university administration was working overtime Monday to implement the MI decision in TX.

What hath Souter wrought! We need to pick our Supreme Court nominees more carefully. I hope the President is listening.