Walter Olson of Overlawyered has emailed with a clue he found on the Kerry web site of how affirmative action might fare if the Democrats win in November:
Sarah von der Lippe will manage justice policy. She has been a civil rights lawyer in private practice for the past eight years, specializing in defending Affirmative Action rights. Previously, she worked for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) as Legislative Assistant for the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Ms. von der Lippe clearly does not favor ending affirmative action, and it is a safe bet that the only mending she would favor would be to increase efforts to reduce “underrepresentation” across the board. For example:
Kerry will bury this country so deeply under affirmative action that it will never recover. Kerry is the champion of political correctness and race conscious tribalism. Expect a more massively divided america than you ever dreamed if Kerry is elected.
“The study reveals substantial disparities between the share of contract dollars received by minority-owned firms and the share of all firms that they represent.”
I don’t have the study, but can I assume that she took the size of the firms into account? It doesn’t sound like she did, but I know these brief abstracts often leave out information.