Harvard Loses Affirmative Action Case
Advisory Opinions
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The Court's Impotence in the Face of an America Who Cries for Equality
Sotomayor: Not withstanding this court's actions, however, society's progress towards equality cannot be permanently halted. Diversity is now a fundamental American value housed in our varied and multicultural American community that only continues to grow. The pursuit of racial diversity will go on. Despite the court's unjustified exercise of power, the opinion today will serve only to highlight the court's own impotence in the face of an America who cries for equality"
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