Michigan Vote Roils Ground Under K-12 Race Cases

Washington

In a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in 2003, then-Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote, “We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest” of promoting diversity in education.

Less than four years after the court narrowly upheld the consideration of race in admissions at the University of Michigan’s law school, however, Justice O’Connor’s premise is being put to the test in the courts and at the polls.

Next week, the Supreme Court returns to the highly charged topic of...