Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the University of Texas' affirmative action program. In an op-ed for the LA Times, Dean Vikram Amar analyzes Justice Kennedy's swing vote and anticipates how the ruling could affect the University of California system.
"One way or another, though, Kennedy has come to terms with the three-part teaching in the Michigan case: Race-based admissions programs are consistent with the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment as long as a public university can plausibly explain why diversity is important to its educational objectives, can show that considering each applicant’s race is required to accomplish a helpful level of diversity, and can convince the court that it isn't formally using racial quotas."
Full article at LA Times