Affirmative action returns to the Supreme Court

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Affirmative action returns to the Supreme Court

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Dec 3, 2015

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Amy Wax of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Neil Siegel of the Duke University School of Law preview an upcoming Supreme Court case about "racial preferences" in university admissions.

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Dec 3, 2015

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Affirmative action returns to the Supreme Court

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