BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Thursday found that affirmative action policies at a pair of universities violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen on January 26, 2022 in Washington.The Supreme Court on Thursday found that affirmative action policies at a pair of universities violate the Fourteenth Amendment, prompting the nation’s highest court to restrict the use of race in the college admissions process.In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina that gave preference to some applicants based on their race.
“Many universities have for too long wrongly concluded that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned, but the color of their skin,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court’s majority opinion. “This Nation’s constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the court’s decision “indefensible,” saying it “subverts the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.” “Entrenched racial inequality remains a reality today,” the liberal justice wrote. “That is true for society writ large and, more specifically, for Harvard and the University of North Carolina , two institutions with a long history of racial exclusion. Ignoring race will not equalize a society that is racially unequal.”
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