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The Supreme Court announced that it will hear a pair of cases involving racial preferences in its next term--the most important such cases since its ruling on the University of Michigan's admissions system declared "racial diversity" a compelling interest justifying discrimination.(The Week)(Brief article)

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The Supreme Court announced that it will hear a pair of cases involving racial preferences in its next term--the most important such cases since its ruling on the University of Michigan's admissions system declared "racial diversity" a compelling interest justifying discrimination. There are two potentially significant differences this time: First, the cases involve K-12 education; second, the makeup of the Supreme Court has changed (most significantly because of the departure of wobbly Sandra Day O'Connor and her ...

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