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...evidence we have says those blessed scores don't say a damn thing about contribution or competence," Cahn said, adding that "to the extent that universities pretend or hide behind the facade of tests and numerical criteria, they regress in this question...
...Cahn advocates a departure from numerical criteria, not only for disadvantaged minority students, but for all applicants. "Why is it," he asked, "when we look at a minority application, we look at all sorts of personality characteristics such as integrity, morality and staying power? Why is it we're not willing to apply the same criteria to whites...
Answering the charges of collusion, Cahn said he considered them largely irrelevant. "The question is not, 'What did they intend,' but 'What can come out of this case?" Cahn said...
...limited trial record will not necessarily prevent the Supreme Court from passing judgement on this case. Cahn said, owing to the volume of information that has since come into the public record. There is no hard-and-fast rule as to what a Supreme Court justice can take notice of, Cahn said, adding "the Court's willihgness to take in the amici curiae briefs is an indication that the Court may be willing to make certaih decisions...
What kinds of decisions? "The Court may go out of its way and knock out quotas, or it may go the other route and legitimize the use of racially-conscious material," Cahn suggested. And if the Court remands the case to trial court, it may place guidelines on the lower court, as to the kind of questions and information it should consider...