Rethinking Mahoney. From a reader:

While Mahoney is undoubtedly brilliant and conservative, the one knock against her is that she argued on behalf of Michigan in Grutter — and she believed in the cause.
Bloomberg News reporter, Gregory Stohr, writes in his book on the case: “Her conservative credentials aside, Mahoney thought affirmative action had its place in higher education. A rule barring any use of race by admissions offices, she thought, would have dramatic negative consequences.”