[TLBSHOW]

Q Ari, will the administration be filing a brief in the Supreme Court affirmative action case?

MR. FLEISCHER: That is under review. This is something that the Department of Justice and the White House are reviewing as we speak and no decisions have been made.

[Jeff Chandler]

Q Ari, will the administration be filing a brief in the Supreme Court affirmative action case? MR. FLEISCHER: That is under review. This is something that the Department of Justice and the White House are reviewing as we speak and no decisions have been made.

If this is supposed to be an indictment of Bush, then I contend that it is a somewhat premature one. Playing one's cards close to the chest and paying heed to the timing of one's actions is not a vice.

If the Bush administration eventually decides to sit out the arguement or side with quotas, then I will agree with you.