Why the Supreme Court affirmative action decision was right
The Washington Post carries an interesting article today on why the recent Supreme Court decision allowing the state of Michigan to continue its race-based affirmative action program is “welcome”. The absence of these ideas from earlier debates shows how easy it is to forget that the American people have, in theory, some political power to change laws (Paul Krugman op-ed today reminds us of the opposite.)
(The Post article also carries a link to last week’s column in which the same writer argues in favor of a tax on imported oil, as at the end of my Israel Essay.)
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