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If it is so easy to ignore the ruling, why they were there to begin with? Why didn't they settle for what you said previously?

Maybe I’m wrong, but it sounds a lot like you’re asking why they didn’t implement a court decision before the decision was made.

The Ivies thought what they were doing was legal. It no longer is.

No I think he means why didnt they discriminate by race via personal essays on the first place. Presumably its less effective.