Clarence Page: Maybe ‘supply-side’ affirmative action would work better

Could this be the beginning of the end for affirmative action?

We’ve heard that question before, especially after the Supreme Court’s 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision narrowly upheld the practice in college admissions.

In writing that opinion, conservative Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a known critic of racial preferences, nevertheless managed to justify her decisive vote to uphold the practice by suggesting something like a sunset clause.

“We expect that 25 years from