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(WASHINGTON) In her 2003 opinion upholding affirmative action in higher education, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor famously predicted that in 25 years "the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary" in America. Next week, years after that milestone and with lingering gaps in minority college acceptance and achievement, a new
Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor famously imposed an expiration date on affirmative action, writing in the 2003 majority ruling that she expected race-based preferences would no longer be needed to balance out school admissions in 25 years. The Supreme Court will take up her challenge Monday with the clock ticking toward her deadline.
The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor famously imposed an expiration date on affirmative action, writing in the 2003 majority ruling that she expected race-based preferences would no longer be needed to balance out school admissions in 25 years.