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What Justice John Paul Stevens’s Papers Reveal About Affirmative Action
What Justice John Paul Stevens’s Papers Reveal About Affirmative Action,Twenty years ago, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote, in a draft opinion, that white applicants could not be favored over Asian Americans. Why did she delete those lines—and why did Justice Clarence Thomas adopt them in his own opinion?

What Justice John Paul Stevens’s Papers Reveal About Affirmative Action

Twenty years ago, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote, in a draft opinion, that white applicants could not be favored over Asian Americans. Why did she delete those lines—and why did Justice Clarence Thomas adopt them in his own opinion?