The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding Michigan’s ban on race preferences in college admissions was predictable, according to court experts. Less predictable is what will follow.
“I think the issue of affirmative action is just on hold,” said Melissa Hart of the University of Colorado Law School. Last week’s decision, Hart said, “doesn’t move the issue in any direction.” But the next case to reach the high court might be critical — possibly the return of last term’s Fisher v. University of Texas, now being reheard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, she said.
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