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A quote from the article of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:

"The Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today."

The salient part being, "further the interest approved today". The U.S. has a long history of dealing with nonwhite in pernicious ways. Part of the remedy has been affirmative action. The claim that affirmative action is no longer necessary because we are all equal is being called into question. If the outcomes of banning affirmative action are worse, in terms of racial disparity, then the aforementioned claim can be called into question.

The analysis is not ludicrous.