Supreme Court bans affirmative action in ruling against race-conscious college admissions
(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court ruled to ban the consideration of race as part of admissions decisions at colleges, including Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, ending the decades long practice known as affirmative action.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the six-member majority to undo the lasting impacts of the landmark 1978 case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which upheld race-conscious admissions at universities.
“Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the majority held in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]
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