The Michigan Daily is already lamenting the MCRI victory, and encouraging the University of Michigan to explore ways to subvert the new law:

. . . the battle isn’t over. Some changes are certain: The University will revamp its admissions process, tweak some programs and probably eliminate others. But Proposal 2 hasn’t put an end to the affirmative action debate – it’s begun a chain of court battles to sort out what “preferential treatment” actually means. . . . Some may be willing to accept Proposal 2′s passage as the end of affirmative action, but we have a feeling the University won’t give up that easily. If there is one university that can find a way to achieve diversity after a setback as dire as this one, it’s the University of Michigan.

That’s for sure.