by: on June 29, 2023 |
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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Harvard and UNC in a pair of cases that will effectively end the practice of race-based admissions at US colleges and universities
Affirmative action is dead, killed by the US Supreme Court.
On Thursday (June 29), the court released its opinions in a pair of highly charged cases stemming from challenges to admissions processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Both lawsuits alleged discrimination against Asian students, and both were filed by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, led by conservative activist Ed Blum.
The high court ruled in both cases that race-based admissions, which have been practiced since 1978 and have survived three previous high court challenges, violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause . The vote was 6-3 along ideological lines, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the conservative majority.
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