Complex sentence: Powell framed the case as two questions: did the minority admissions program unlawfully discriminate against Allan Bakke, and is it ever permissible to consider race as a factor in university admissions? He opined that government had a compelling interest in a racially-diverse student body.
Split into simpler sentences: Powell framed the case as two questions: did the minority admissions program unlawfully discriminate against Allan Bakke, and is it ever permissible to consider race as a factor in university admissions? Nevertheless, government had a compelling interest in a racially-diverse student body.