The Bakke decision didn't go that far at all. It banned strict numerical racial quotas in admissions (at state institutions), but not affirmative action. Race was permitted to be one of the determining factors in admissions.
Bakke himself was ultimately allowed admission to the UC Davis medical school.
It was the start down the road. The point being that we need to do what the left is so good at.....keep at it until we win; not give up and say I don’t wanna play any more