[justshe]

Points system in undergrad is unconstitutional. Law school is that race CAN be a factor of consideration....there were NO points attached to the law school 'consideration'.

This makes sense to me, actually.

[CollegeRepublican]

This makes sense to me, actually.

Makes some sense to me also, but it would make more sense if your place on the social ladder were taken into account. I went to school with some really rich black kids and very few poor ones.

[XJarhead]

Law school is that race CAN be a factor of consideration....there were NO points attached to the law school 'consideration'. This makes sense to me, actually.

All that means is that they can give an equal or even greater preference as long as they don't do it overtly. Or perhaps its better to say that subjective racial preferences are fine (law school), but objective racial preferences (points) are not.

As soon as I saw O'Connor as the author of the first opinion, the result was obvious. So to that extent, it does "make sense". She's wonderful at writing opinions that raise more questions than they answer.

[B Knotts]

Doesn't make any sense to me...or, apparently, the four dissenting justices.

The O'Connor crowd (yes, I'm guessing here) has just created precedence for "diversity" as a compelling state interest.

This awful decision will haunt us for decades.

[Petronski]

Could you clarify the headline? It was accurate for a short while, but the bigger story is that although the mild version used at the law school is okay, the rigid point system used in undergraduate school is not acceptable.

Maybe something like "Supreme Court Rejects Undergrad Affirmative Action, Accepts Milder Law School Scheme"

[Kevin Curry]

Points system in undergrad is unconstitutional. Law school is that race CAN be a factor of consideration....there were NO points attached to the law school 'consideration'.

The racist undergraduate admission method employing a point system is at least honest and upfront in its aims. The law school's method is no less racist and just as damaging--perhaps more so.

What SCOTUS has told the schools is, be as racist as you'd like. Just don't leave a clear record.

It's like ruling that it is cruel and unusual punishment to beat a prisoner to death with a single swipe of a lead pipe, but beating him to death over several hours with a rubber hose is okay.