Why Big Law Has a Stake in the Harvard Admissions Case

The U.S. Supreme Court is clucking like a chicken about affirmative action in higher education. It just requested that acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar weigh in on the highly-watched Harvard College admissions policy case—which means the high court can duck the issue of race as a consideration in college admissions until later this year. Talk about delay tactics! Does the court need more amicus briefs on the issue to make up its mind? And is there any doubt that the Biden administration will take the side of Harvard and affirmative action?

Oh, how much I miss Justice Antonin Scalia. He ...