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Senate Republicans across the political spectrum on Thursday cheered the Supreme Court striking down racial preferences in college admissions.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and 6-2 in Students for Fair Admissions v. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College.
The majority opinion, led by conservatives, ruled that “the Harvard and UNC admissions programs cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause.”
The decision was split between the conservative and liberal justices. Supreme Court Chief Justice wrote the majority opinion, and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson vigorously dissented.
Senate Republicans cheered the landmark victory.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a Senate Judiciary Committee member who helped confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett, tweeted, “Affirmative action forces colleges to put students into a box. It discredits the hard work and diverse backgrounds that countless applicants have, and requires colleges to value one single characteristic above others.”
“This is wrong and un-American,” she concluded.
Affirmative action forces colleges to put students into a box. It discredits the hard work and diverse backgrounds that countless applicants have, and requires colleges to value one single characteristic above others.
