BREAKING: Supreme Court Outlaws Race as College Admissions Factor

Affirmative action is racist on so many levels. Bravo! But will the colleges comply?

“The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that relied in part on racial considerations, saying they violate the Constitution.”

Supreme Court:

Race-based college admissions must "be invalidated under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."

Universities "may never use race as a stereotype or negative" pic.twitter.com/4M5nZApca5

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) June 29, 2023

By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court just ruled that university admissions programs that use affirmative action and other race-based admissions criteria are unconstitutional and violate the 14th Amendment. Roberts wrote the opinion. https://t.co/k5ZBSlUh12 pic.twitter.com/Yf5ReefNVY

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 29, 2023

The Supreme Court just ruled against Affirmative Action. Why?

Because it is systemically racist.

Harvard applicants in the top academic decile have different chances of admission depending on their race:

– Asians: 12.7%
– Whites: 15.3%
– Hispanics: 31.3%
– Blacks: 56.1% pic.twitter.com/AhI6p4n14h

— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) June 29, 2023

🚨🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court just ruled that race-based affirmative action programs are unconstitutional 🤨

Hopefully this leads to more merit based decisions, especially in critical areas like medical schools. pic.twitter.com/KOY7SsAcjq

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) June 29, 2023

UPDATE:

Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action Admissions

Harvard And MIT Sue Trump Administration Over Foreign Student Rule

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By: Katelynn Richardson, Daily Caller, June 29, 2023:

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to block affirmative action in two closely watched lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC).

The cases, initially brought by a coalition of students, prospective applicants and their parents in 2014, challenged the universities’ use of racial preferences during the admissions process.

“Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the Supreme Court ruled.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

“A benefit to a student who overcame racial discrimination, for example, must be tied to that student’s courage and determination,” Roberts wrote. “In otherwords, the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual—not on the basis of race.”

“Many universities have for too long done just the opposite,” he continued. “And in doing so, they have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”

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The court overruled its 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, which held that race could be a factor in the admissions process

Both lawsuits were brought by Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA), a coalition of over 20,000 prospective higher education students and parents, including one Asian American member who applied for Harvard and six other top schools but was denied admission in 2014, despite his academic record.

SFFA argued that Harvard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by penalizing Asian American applicants, engaging in racial balancing, overemphasiz­ing race and rejecting race-neutral alter­natives. Similarly, SFFA argued UNC violated Title VI by rejecting alternative race-neutral criteria that could also ensure diversity in the admissions process.

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