[Havisham]

O'Connor wrote the majority opinion striking down the undergrad system under the Equal Protections clause.

[george wythe]

O'Connor wrote the majority opinion striking down the undergrad system under the Equal Protections clause.

That's a big win for me, since that's exactly the main reason I found this UMichigan undergrad policy so unfair.

To get to law school, the students must first do undergraduate work. Let's see how many students will be able to benefit by the AA policy at the law school level.

It might become superfluous to have AA for the UMichigan law school if the minority applicants made it through a rigorous undergraduate selection process.

[Havisham]

O'Connor wrote the majority opinion striking down the undergrad system under the Equal Protections clause.

I have to correct myself here. O'Connor wrote the majority opinion supporting the law school case. The reason I'm celebrating is because I thought the undergraduate case would be upheld too. But those who are disappointed are right, the opinion in question was justified by the compelling interest in diversity instead of the law and tangentially, the interest in upholding a meritocracy, which is the only system under which racial relations can improve.