Its quest to replace Harvard's means of achieving diversity with a race-blind process, the closely watched lawsuit could dismantle an admissions system the high court has held up as an exemplar, and thus affirmative action at colleges across the U.S.

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Harvard University intentionally uses a vague "personal rating" to reject Asian-American applicants in favor of students from other racial backgrounds, according to lawyers on one side of a trial that began Monday and carries weighty implications for dozens of other U.S. colleges.

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The proposal was pulled after receiving "pushback" from ABA delegates.

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