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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by balls187 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:05PM (#21131242)
> So under that thought process... when does the temporary measure end?

Difficult to answer, and honestly not at all a priority to have an answer.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by tomschlick on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:09PM (#21131284)
It is when the courts say as a temporary measure its ok. You have to define temporary or else it just becomes de-facto permanent.
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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by balls187 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:37PM (#21131615)
> You have to define temporary or else it just becomes de-facto permanent.

Perhaps, once it becomes settled law. However given Roe v Wade is still up for debate means that defacto permanence is not really a problem.

The answer then is "When the supreme court decides that the argument presented is sufficient to warrant no longer allowing race-concious admissions is a factor."

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by vageli on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:27PM (#21132004)
> > You have to define temporary or else it just becomes de-facto permanent.

> Perhaps, once it becomes settled law. However given Roe v Wade is still up for debate means that defacto permanence is not really a problem.

> The answer then is "When the supreme court decides that the argument presented is sufficient to warrant no longer allowing race-concious admissions is a factor."

Are new Roe v Wade like cases being heard by the court? There's a chilling effect to people bringing these cases to consider.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by mlevental on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:22AM (#21135601)
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/fede...

I'm sure you're aware that like 10 other states have similar cases working their way through the court system

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by vageli on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @11:34AM (#21137568)
Ah, I was aware of a couple of suits in states. None yet heard by the Supreme Court, though (or slated for hearing). I wonder if the court would even hear arguments on what they consider to be settled case law.
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