Harvard Is Too Discriminating - Opinion

Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor in chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, writes:  The U.S. Supreme Court may soon have an opportunity to clarify its muddled jurisprudence regarding racial preferences in college admissions. Unlike the high court’s past cases on the question, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard involves a private university—but the same legal principles apply under federal civil-rights laws to any institution that accepts public funds.