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...compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions”—and that this interest trumps concerns about discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This view was first articulated by former Justice Lewis F. Powell??s majority opinion in Bakke...
...Court also hewed to Powell??s insistence that race be used only as a “plus,” barring quota systems and stressing “flexibility...
...Bakke decision, the Court struck down the University of California Medical School’s strict quota system for minority applicants. But Powell??s decision came from a divided court that came together only on a few central points of the case...
...Connor recalled Powell??s assertion that diversity brings major benefits to academic settings...
...Monday’s majority opinion in Grutter, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor recalled Powell??s assertion that diversity brings major benefits to academic settings...