[mikenola]

Justice O'Connor really showed her activist bent with this ruling. Couldn't this 25 year sunset in effect violate separation of powers, ie. stepping on the toes of the legislative branch?

How can the citizens address this activist judiciary? We've tried amending the constitution, but it was basically ignored today. What does the congress do, pass another saying "hey we really meant it with the 14th"?

I admit I haven't read the decisions , but this whole thing stinks to high heaven. Because the liberals will always split hairs and postpone the moment when we are "diverse enough".

[Kevin Curry]

Justice O'Connor really showed her activist bent with this ruling. Couldn't this 25 year sunset . . . ,

No SCOTUS decision has the power to automatically "off" itself after 25 years. O'Connor was expressing a breezy personal opinion and desire--not invoking a sunset provision.

Yet Congressman Billybob's analysis makes it sound as if the "25-year and out" thing is a done-deal. He knows better. I suspect it was just sloppy writing on his part.

All the undergraduate decision did was force admissions committees to be more subtle in carrying out their racist policies in the future. Hard quotas and race-based points are out. Now they will simply reach the same result through a process of zen-like touchy-feely subjective analysis in which certain racial characterisitics will override objective factors.

Why will they do this? Becuase admissions committees are unabashedly liberal and believe fully in affirmative action. They will warp and twist the decision to keep affirmative action the focus of how they do their work.