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After a candidate garners enough number one votes to hit quota, all additional ballots with that candidate’s name in the number one slot are “transferred” to the candidate whose name is listed in the number two slot. The transferring continues down the line until a full slate of nine candidates are elected...
...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...
...Court's other four conservative members did. "Justice O'Connor wanted to stay in the basic universe Powell created," said University of Chicago Law Professor Cass Sunstein. Her opinion ensures that Powell's universe, in which race is a factor in admissions but can't be used in a quota or point system, will remain in place. "That precedent (Bakke) has now been codified into law," said Blum...
...that contentious, fragmented 5-4 ruling—the major legal precedent for affirmative action in higher education—the Court struck down the University of California Medical School’s strict quota system for minority applicants. But Powell, who cast the decisive vote, defended the use of race in university admissions decisions, citing Harvard’s policies as a model...