With the recent appeals court decision ruling against the race-based admissions policies of the University of Georgia and conflicting decisions in Michigan, Texas, and Washington, the stage is now set for the Supreme Court to resolve the issue once and for all and hopefully, restore the spirit of the 14th Amendment and Dr. King’s dream by ending racial preferences in hiring, admissions, and contracting across the board. It would help if the Bush administration would provide more aggressive leadership from the Justice Department and the President’s own “bully pulpit”. It would be even better if the problem could be resolved by Congress, outside the judicial arena, but that’s too much courage to expect.
