Word: brennans
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...Brennan wrote in his concurrence that Harvard’s method was more appealing to the public because it “proceeds in a manner that is not immediately apparent to the public.” Harvard’s privacy, as well as its status as a private university may therefore protect its affirmative action program even if—and, as it seems increasingly likely, when—the Supreme Court rules Michigan’s program is unconstitutional. (The court has often ruled private institutions exempt from scrutiny on this issue...
However, if the goals of Harvard and Michigan are substantively the same—to create a diverse student body for diversity’s sake—as Justice Brennan argued in his concurrence to Bakke, they should be treated equally. Just because Harvard is able to conceal its methods from the public by using more sophisticated tools than a 150-point scale does not mean it should duck and cover during the anti-affirmative action backlash...
...Michigan’s admissions process was the same as Harvard’s, his was at most a white lie. Truth be told, Harvard’s method is only a more sophisticated, less numerical version of Michigan’s. They may appear different, but to paraphrase Brennan, just because one system adds points to admit disadvantaged minority applicants and the other adds a non-numerical preference, does not make one constitutional and the other...
...Brennan said he has had to deal with everything from water flooding out of his bathroom drain to random power outages to missing toilet seats...
...major convincing point is how everyone pays the exact same cost for living and some people are getting the Days Inn and some people are getting the Hilton,” Brennan said. “It’s a rip-off for my parents...