former prosecutor stephen dreyfus joins us now.iden saying this is rolling back years of progress. what is your opinion? >> well, certainly, it rolls back at least 20 years of judicial opinions endorsing the idea that ensuring diversity is a compelling state interest that justifies discrimination based on race, but i think it is important to note that the court's opinion left an escape clause. at the end, the court said that we are not saying you cannot consider race at all -- for example, you can consider "an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise." what they are basically saying is it has to be an individualized determination, and they recognize for the first time that admissions to these highly selective universities is really a zero-sum game. if somebody is selected for admission simply because of his or her race, it necessarily means that somebody else is denied admission simply because of his or her race, and that is what the court is finding improp