The Supreme Court has ruled that affirmative action plans must promote a "compelling state interest" and must be finely drawn to minimize harm to those workers outside the plan and that the plan is the only way to reverse an allegedly discriminatory practice.

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This is a correct statement of the legal standard for affirmative action plans established by the Supreme Court in various rulings, including Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016).

The Supreme Court Has Ruled That Affirmative Action Plans Must