U.S. Appeals-Court Ruling May Imperil University Defenses for Affirmative Action

Elite school fails to justify admissions preferences by citing past bias and need for diversity

A federal appeals-court ruling last month could undermine the two primary legal defenses that many universities make for using racial preferences to admit students. Yet the ruling also kept faith with a Supreme Court decision that many colleges have cited for 20 years as the

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