The causation fallacy: Bakke and the basic arithmetic of selective admissions.(constitutionality of affirmative action) From: Michigan Law Review | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Liu, Goodwin | COPYRIGHT 2002 Michigan Law Review Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Last Term, the Supreme Court turned down two invitations to resolve the constitutionality of affirmative action in college and university admissions. In May 2001, the Court for the second time declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision holding that the use of racial preferences to achieve diversity in the student body serves no compelling interest. (1) A few weeks later, the Court let stand a conflicting Ninth Circuit decision that upheld a law school affirmative action policy on ...

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