Next Stop, Supreme Court?

Appeals court upholds affirmative action at University of Michigan Law School

By PETER SCHMIDT

A federal appeals court last week narrowly upheld the use of affirmative action in admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, potentially setting the stage for the Supreme Court to weigh in on the controversial practice for the first time in more than two decades.

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