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Benjamin Franklin once said, “The Constitution only guarantees you the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” Something similar could be said of the Supreme Court’s role: the justices only tell us what is constitutional; we have to decide what’s worthwhile pursuing.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the much-anticipated affirmative action.
The Court will decide the legal merits of affirmative action. But while it does, we should consider the merits of it from a policy point of view. Moreover, we should take steps to get rid of affirmative action, and replace it with policies that better address the problems affirmative action attempts to.
Affirmative action isn’t a great policy. It’s probably unconstitutional — few things belie the 14th Amendment as much as giving certain people an tangible advantage based … Read the rest
