Thousands Rally for Affirmative Action Outside Supreme Court

By WILL POTTER

Washington

Thousands of affirmative-action supporters, primarily students, rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court last week as the justices heard oral arguments in two cases involving the University of Michigan.

The demonstrations focused on defending race-based admissions policies, but it was clear that the U.S.-led war on Iraq had influenced...

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