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U.S. News and world Report July 14, 2003 Author: John Leo Pg. 7 The Supremes’ Sophistry Everyone knows that the decisions of the U.S. Supreme court can affect the lives of our loved ones as well as us dramatically. Whether it’s a decision about personal liberties or racial equalities, these decisions shape each of our lives. This U.S. News and World Report article is in reference to the shady court rulings of the U.S. Supreme court. The court is accused of modifying certain views of the constitution in order to please the “elite” mass, thus defining themselves as “the instrument of America’s intellectual class”. The article discussed two specific examples concerning recent court cases. The first court case concerned the preferences in the University of Michigan’s under graduate admission program, which the court struck down. However, and ironically, the court allowed for the university’s school of law to maintain it’s similar admission’s program. They disregarded the Constitution and the 1964 Civil Right’s Act, which state that no one can be penalized or benefited because of their race. This inconsistency clearly reveals the court’s uncertainty in regards to the comprehension/interpretation of the