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Bush says race-based school policy flawed Stand on landmark Michigan case may not please friends, foes 01/16/2003 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - President Bush weighed in on a landmark Supreme Court case Wednesday, saying he supports racial diversity but opposes racial quotas, a middle-ground approach that may anger both sides in the debate over affirmative action. "As we work to address the wrong of racial prejudice, we must not use means that create another wrong, and thus perpetuate our divisions," Mr. Bush said as his lawyers prepared a legal brief asking the high court...

Remarks by the President on the Michigan Affirmative Action Case The Roosevelt Room 4:30 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a case about admission policies and student diversity in public universities. I strongly support diversity of all kinds, including racial diversity in higher education. But the method used by the University of Michigan to achieve this important goal is fundamentally flawed. At their core, the Michigan policies amount to a quota system that unfairly rewards or penalizes perspective students, based solely on their race. So, tomorrow my administration will file a brief...

Bush's tough choice on race Stance on affirmative action may hurt ties to GOP, minority voters 01/14/2003 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - The latest legal challenge to affirmative action presents President Bush with a difficult decision over whom to offend: longtime conservative supporters or minority voters he would like to attract. Mr. Bush has until Thursday to decide whether to oppose, support or stay neutral in a Supreme Court case that could decide the fate of affirmative action programs at colleges across the country. Blacks and Hispanics said this is an opportunity for Mr....