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...ruling directly contradicts a December decision by U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Duggan, which upheld the school's affirmative action program in undergraduate admissions...
...victory for affirmative action came in the form of a well-reasoned decision issued last month in federal court. The University of Michigan's affirmative action program, which has come under fire for a point-based admissions process that explicitly benefits racial minorities, was upheld by Judge Patrick J. Duggan of the Federal District Court in Detroit. In his opinion, Duggan rightly ruled that the government has a compelling interest to support the educational benefits that stem from a diverse student body...
...Duggan's ruling will most likely be appealed. It is also possible that the Supreme Court will take this case, or a similar one, to clarify the Bakke precedent. We hope that a future court, even with some President Bush appointees, will reaffirm the constitutionality of using race as one of many factors in the admissions process. And, if the Supreme Court does takes an affirmative action case, Harvard should again voice support for the educational benefits of campus diversity...
...Judge Patrick J. Duggan of Detroit's Federal District Court upheld the University of Michigan's current affirmative action plan, which gives all black, Hispanic and Native American applicants a 20-point boost on the school's 150-point admission scale. Many liberals view the decision as a victory; but even as an affirmative action supporter, I consider Michigan's approach unjust and self-defeating...
Some of Michigan's students, for example, said Duggan's decision hypocritically promotes discrimination and resentment...