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Another First Amendment lawyer here. It’s not. Cite a case. You think if Congress passed a law that colleges could not admit avowed socialists without forfeiting their federal funds, that that law would be constitutional?[/quote]
In fact, I think this Court would bend over backwards to allow for all manner of McCarthyist prohibitions on socialists.

And if you are really any kind of lawyer you surely see the absurdity of your analogy, which is in fact not analogous at all. No one is talking about banning legacy kids from college; merely having to show some merit to gain admittance like the rest of the world.  [/quote]

[b]Why do we have to show anything? We're not like the rest of the word.[/b] You Americans are so drunk on this illusory meritocracy Kool-Aid and still believe that all people are born with equal opportunities. Look around who gets promoted at work, too.     [/quote]

Good point. People are making arguments based on what they [b]want[/b] the mission of these colleges to be. But it’s up to the colleges to define their mission. They don’t need to be egalitarian meritocracies if they don’t want to be.[/quote]

There is absolutely no egalitarian meritocracy in this world.  Ceteris paribus, tall men make more money, attractive women get better reviews at work and get promoted more easily, children with poor parents will never catch up financially with similar children from well off families, rich people live longer. Why would anyone think that college admissions would be different? IMO, it creates such strong feelings because parents believe that admission to a selective college would somehow, miraculously,  create endless opportunities for their kids. They look at it as their kid's only chance to get ahead in life and legacies are blocking their attempt to climb this social ladder. Let's be honest,  it's not about microeconomics 101.[/quote]

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