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Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writing

We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Grutter v. Bollinger · 2003

★ 3.6

Affirmative action really isn't about preferential treatment for blacks, but about removing preferential treatment whites have received through history.

Speech at 89th NAACP Annual Convention, July 12, 1998 · 1998

★ 3.5

Supreme Court opinion · Legal writing

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

Harry A. Blackmun

Regents of University of California v. Bakke · 1978

★ 1.9