SUPREME COURT OUTLAWs AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN LANDMARK DECISION, ASSORTED ARTICLES

The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Thursday, ruling that both institutions were in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The decision overturns the Supreme Court’s 2003 ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger, which found that colleges could consider race as one factor in the admissions process to achieve a diverse student body.

“Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “And the Equal Protection Clause, we have accordingly held, applies ‘without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality’—it is ‘universal in [its] application.'” MORE AT Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions (nypost.com)

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from NEW YORK NEWSDAY Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions, says race cannot be a factor - Newsday

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from ETHICS ALARMS SCOTUS Strikes Down Harvard’s Affirmative Action Admissions Policy | Ethics Alarms

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CHRISTIAN POST Harvard, UNC can’t use race as factor in admissions: SCOTUS | Politics News (christianpost.com)