Supreme Court Signals Caution on Affirmative Action

Key justices appear more skeptical of Michigan's policies than of its diversity rationale

By PETER SCHMIDT

Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court, which heard arguments last week in two cases involving race-conscious admissions to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, may well be poised to let college affirmative-action programs live to see another day.

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