With all the talk about the “re-segregation” that will supposedly follow a Supreme Court ruling striking down the University of Michigan’s affirmative action programs, the media has missed the real story. Should the Court uphold diversity as a legitimate grounds for preference programs, we will face something much more frightening than a mere freezing in place of affirmative action’s status quo. That’s because the legal status of diversity right now is in doubt. If the Court grants diversity clear constitutional status, all sorts of new and pernicious proposals based on the diversity idea will eventually be floated, and placed before the Courts. Some of these proposals may directly threaten our constitutional system. I talk about the real consequences of a Supreme Court ruling, either for or against the University of Michigan, in the current issue of The Weekly Standard.