Set Up To Fail?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)

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Race: A new study says that law-school admissions preferences hurt those they are supposed to help. If that finding holds up, affirmative-action advocates would lose their strongest argument.

Given such stakes, it's easy to see why Richard Sander's research has come under sharp attack even before its scheduled publication in this month's Stanford Law Review. He's a credible source citing solid statistics, and he's making a case that turns the logic of race-based favoritism on its head.

Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who describes...

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