Arnold Ahlert: "As the old expression goes, 'half a loaf is better than none.' And whether Americans realize it or not, that's all they got with the Supreme Court's latest ruling on affirmative action. ... Either the Constitution of the United States means something, or it doesn't. ... Either the people of a state can decide to follow it, or they can decide to ignore it. [Justice Anthony] Kennedy tries to flatter the public ... [by] insisting that there is nothing in their rejection of race-based preferences 'too sensitive or complex to be within the grasp of the electorate; or that the policies at issue remain too delicate to be resolved save by university officials or faculties, acting at some remove from immediate public scrutiny and control; or that these matters are so arcane that the electorate's power must be limited because the people cannot prudently exercise that power even after a full debate,' but that flattery begs a giant question: what if the electorate were voting on the issue of abortion rather than affirmative action? Now you know why progressive heads are exploding."