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After a grand jury indicted Dalla Santa Jan. 24 on two counts, his case moved to the Middlesex Superior Court??dramatically increasing the jail time he faces if convicted...
...district attorney’s office asked that Gomes and Pomey be released without imposing bail. The students were never taken into custody on the charges, and the district attorney said personal recognizance—a defendant’s promise to return to court??would be enough to ensure both students would appear at their next court date...
University President Lawrence H. Summers reacted to last week’s news with characteristic sanguinity, saying, “I applaud the circuit court??s decision, which represents the endorsement of the kinds of admissions process that Harvard has used for years...
...Bakke, Justice Powell held up Harvard’s affirmative action program as an example of the kind of program that would pass muster in the court??s eyes. But realistically, public universities have never tried to match Harvard’s stringent application review. Nor would that be the best use of their limited resources. Michigan’s diversity may be achieved with fewer resources than Harvard’s, but it seems to get the job done. Indeed, for the last four years Michigan has achieved its “critical mass?...
...that it is almost assured that Michigan’s case will reach the Supreme Court, Summers’ duty should be clear. Harvard should submit a “friend of the court?? brief and argue for the constitutionality of Michigan’s affirmative action program on the basis that goals, not methodology, matter in this instance. If diversity is a constitutionally legitimate value for a university, Harvard should stand up for universities without the resources to make their affirmative action programs aesthetically pleasing...