[hchutch]

Even if it is limited to Michigan, what happens is other judges will look at how SCOTUS decided it - reversals make judges look bad, you see - and as such, they will make their calls based on the ruling.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Even if it is limited to Michigan, what happens is other judges will look at how SCOTUS decided it - reversals make judges look bad, you see - and as such, they will make their calls based on the ruling."

So,if I am reading you right- (assuming they rule against the U of M) it will take lawsuit after lawsuit,against individual universities that use race as a preferential consideration, to universally end the practice. The SCOTUS won't issue a blanket condemnation against all racial preferences, in one ruling.But,there will now be legal precedent for future cases.And if that is the outcome of this case-wouldn't most universities start to think twice about using race as an admissions factor, to avoid costly lawsuits?