Burnt Orange Report

Affirmative Action

By Byron LaMasters

I'll have to read the opinions before I comment too much on this (Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz vs. Bollinger). Basically, I don't have much of a problem with the ruling from what I see at this point. The court ruled that there is a value in ensuring a "critical mass" of minority representation, but ruled the the point system used by Michigan was unconstitutional. I could understand how one could view the point system as overvaluing race as compared to other factors such as gpa, sat's and other activities. So, from what I've read so far, I can live with the ruling.