there was a strong opposition from folks like abigail fisher who felt like they were being discriminated against because they have the same -- they did not have the same opportunities as someone else. the supremefore court of times. just a sense of like i understand that this is a different called issue, but we -- a difficult issue, but we will not shy away from it. they sit around a table and consider lots of factors and they might have guideposts and whatever else. they tend to be pretty holistic. i think he tried to explain how best he could. we understand the universities want to take a lot of factors into account. discretion to do that. it does not mean the courts don't play a role. it is a decision that looks like it is influenced by race. we will give it strictest constitutional scrutiny. we are not going to say you absolutely cannot do it or you can do whatever you want just because it is hard. if i have to, i will keep deciding these cases. again if wess it feel like they were not getting it right. we thought it was worth the time and effort to kind of explain what he and the ot

there was a strong opposition from folks like abigail fisher , a caucasian, who felt like they were being discriminated against because they have the same opportunities as someone else. this came before the supreme court a couple of times, just the sense of, look, i understand is a difficult issue but we will not shy away from it. universities, making admissions decisions, that around a table -- sit around a table and consider lots of factors and they might have guideposts and whatever else. they tend to be pretty holistic. that is like what justice kennedy did when he was trying cases. i think he tried to explain how best he could. we understand the universities want to take a lot of factors into account. they have some discretion to do that. it does not mean the courts don't play a role. it is a decision that looks like it is influenced by race. we will give it strictest constitutional scrutiny. we are not going to say you absolutely cannot do it or you can do whatever you want just because it is hard. we will continue to play a role, and if i have to, i will keep deciding these cases.

there was a strong opposition from folks like abigail fisher that fell like, as a caucasian, they are being discriminated against because they did not have the same opportunities. a feature of justice kennedy's decisions in these cases was a sense of, i understand this is a difficult issue. we are not going to shy away from it just because it is difficult. it is hard to know how universities make admission decisions. do they sit around a table and consider lots of factors? it tends to be pretty holistic. i think that is a lot like what justice kennedy did when he was deciding cases. i think he tried to explain as best he could, we understand that universities want to take a lot of factors into account when they are making admission decisions are you as a general matter they have some discretion to do that. it does not mean courts don't play a role. certainly this is a decision that looks like -- it is a decision that looks like it is decided by raphael given strict constitutional scrutiny but we are not going to say you can't do it or you can do whatever you want because it is hard. i