Today President Bush has failed the American people and especially people of color. Despite the lip service he and his party have given in recent weeks to building racial unity, his latest action seeks to perpetuate the current effects of past discrimination. … President Bush's decision to join this misguided attempt to resegregate our public institutions is regrettable.

Reacting to Bush's decision to join the lawsuit opposing affirmative action in admitting students to the University of Michigan's law school