Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions

Date:

June 29, 2023

In a ruling divided along ideological lines, the high court’s six-justice conservative majority found that the universities discriminated against white and Asian American applicants by using race-conscious policies that benefited applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. The three liberal justices dissented.

“Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,” Roberts wrote.

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