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Admitted while similary situated minorities may not?

Should the special program students whose grade point averages were higher than Bakke's be expelled, or may we agree with the Davis Admissions Committee that ". . . grades have not been the only concern of Admissions Committees in selecting students (otherwise a computer could be used to select the class), and Bakke is not necessarily more qualified for the study of medicine (or the eventual practice of medicine) merely because he has the higher undergraduate grades. . ."

To admit Alan Bakke now would overturn the unanimous conclusion of 13 Admissions Committees, and declare him the winner of a retroactive lottery among more than 22,000 unsuccessful applicants.

But, Medical Schools are not established for the purpose of giving a benefit to those lucky enough to have won a chance. They are organized to serve society by producing people trained to heal