In arguments before the Supreme Court, in the case brought by Asian students who believe they were unlawfully discriminated against in university admissions, the following interaction happened between lawyer for Harvard Seth Waxman and Chief Justice John Roberts.
MR. WAXMAN: Race in some – for some highly qualified applicants can be the determinative factor, just as being the – you know, an oboe player in a year in which the Harvard-Radcliffe orchestra needs an oboe player will be the tip.CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Yeah. We did not fight a Civil War about oboe players.
That riposte calls for a rimshot, Mr. Drummer Man. Steven Hayward at Power Line has the quote.
