Earlier today, the Supreme Court struck down a legal precedent that allowed universities to consider race in their admissions processes. The decisions were made on the grounds of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees all people equal protection under the law.
The two cases were brought by Students for Fair Admissions, who argued that the practice of affirmative action illegally penalized Asian-American applicants in the admissions process. While the rulings specifically involved Harvard and the University of Carolina, they will impact virtually every college in the United States.
Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, writing that the admissions programs in question “involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points”. Roberts concluded that using race as a factor in admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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