The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges and universities are no longer allowed to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions.
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Former President Donald Trump hailed the Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting colleges’ and universities’ from considering race in their admissions, calling the ruling an “amazing” result that will “keep [the U.S.] competitive with the rest of the world.”Key Facts
“This is a great day for America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding “we’re going back to all merit-based—and that’s the way it should be!”
Trump made the comments hours after the conservative-majority court ruled that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina’s policies of taking race into account in their admissions processes violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause.
Trump’s 2024 GOP presidential competitors joined him in lauding the decision: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the Supreme Court “correctly upheld the Constitution and ended discrimination,” former Vice President Mike Pence called affirmative action an “egregious violation of civil and constitutional rights” and South Carolina Sen.
