I have not seen this argument used when discussing the striking down of affirmative action. That anyone who doesn't get accepted to a school "because of affirm

I have not seen this argument used when discussing the striking down of affirmative action. That anyone who doesn't get accepted to a school "because of affirmative action" could still "be accepted to another school and still be able to get a high quality education". Why protect an institution like legacy admissions that is about as far as meritocratic as possible?