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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/061013_ryan_james_348_605.jpg605403The U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmation of Michigan’s ban on using affirmative action in college admissions focused on what voters can do, rather than on the outcome of their actions, says Dean James Ryan of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.