The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the decision “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.” The Supreme Court had twice upheld race-conscious college admissions programs in the past 20 years, including as recently as 2016.
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