of a Greek system that is inclusive, accessible and welcoming to students of all races and ethnicities.

'We will not tolerate anything less.'

Her words came after hundreds of students turned out for a protest on the 50th anniversary of black students being admitted to the establishment, calling for change.

The resolution was intended to wipe clean the university's reputation for segregation more than half a century after the first black students were admitted

And in an initial bid to encourage diversity, Ms Bonner ruled that sororities could be bigger, and accept students at any time of year, as opposed to the previously strict admissions process.



However, Friday's ruling has caused a major set-back in the fight to stamp out racism.

The resolution had proposed 'the complete integration of all Greek letter fraternities andto arbitrary and disparate treatment.

Furthermore, Tribe’s invocation of the Hayes-Tilden affair cuts against his criticism of the Court, both because of the inappositeness of the political circumstances in 1876 and because of crucial changes in constitutional law in the last 40 years. In the aftermath of the 1876 election, Florida sent to Congress competing slates of electors. To deal with the problem, Congress created an electoral commission composed of five senators, five representatives, and five sitting Supreme Court justices. The nonjudicial panel split along party lines, with Justice Joseph Bradley casting the deciding vote in favor of the Hayes slate, thereby tainting members of the Court with the appearance of involvement in partisan politics. The lesson from Hayes-Tilden was that justices of the Supreme Court should not be