The Supreme Court ruled recently that affirmative action programs and other admissions criteria based on race are unconstitutional and in violation of 14th Amendment.
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that affirmative action programs were illegal at Harvard University and University of North Carolina. The Supreme Court ruled that the affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution. This is a major win for conservatives.
In the majority opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts, he wrote that both Harvard’s and UNC’s programs “lack sufficiently focussed and measurable goals warranting the use race, unavoidably utilize race in a negatively stereotypical manner, involve negative racial stereotypes, and lack meaningful ends.”
Roberts wrote: “We have repeatedly rejected the notion that government agents may give preference to those who may have little in shared except the color of their complexion.” “The Equal Protection Clause’s entire point is that treating someone different because of their color of skin is not the same as treating them differently because of where they live or if they are a good violinist or a bad one.”
Clarence Thomas, a separate commentator on the ruling, said that it “sees universities’ admissions policy for what it is: rudderless race-based preferences intended to ensure a certain racial mixture in their entering classes.”
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This ruling is expected to lead to a decrease in minority enrollments at these two accredited institutions.
This ruling does not eliminate race from the college admissions process. The court stated that “nothing prevents universities from taking into consideration an applicant’s discussion about how race affected their life, as long as that discussion can be concretely linked to a character quality or unique ability the applicant can bring to the university.”
In a release, Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praised the decision, saying that it was “long due.”
McConnell wrote: “Today’s rulings make it clear that colleges cannot continue to discriminate against bright and ambitious student based on their skin color.” “Most Americans are in agreement that racial bias should not be a factor in the college admissions procedure. Now that the Court reaffirmed this commonsense position students can get a faire shot at college and the American Dream on their merits.”
