The constellation of conservative activists who have led a decades-long legal battle against affirmative action suffered a minor setback last week that nevertheless offers vital insight into the broader campaign.
a lawsuit alleging that a minority fellowship program at Pfizer Inc illegally discriminated against white and Asian-American applicants.
Those same threshold matters – identifying the purported group of white and Asian-Americans who have been discriminated against and explaining how exactly they were harmed – have proven to be a major sticking point in a number of related cases attacking race-conscious policies. But the Supreme Court has largely glossed over that foundational question of whether plaintiffs in anti-affirmative action cases have standing to sue, a point that the ruling in the Pfizer case drives home.
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