SCOTUS Rejects Affirmative Action in Universities
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July 31, 2023 at 2:17 pmFather God, thank You for this rebuke of using race “in a negative manner” and racial stereotyping. 🙏🏻❤️🕊
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July 31, 2023 at 2:42 pmThe Supreme Court has determined that race-based admissions in the name of “equality” are unconstitutional.
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July 31, 2023 at 2:43 pmFrom National Review. The Supreme Court ruled that the race-conscious admissions policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
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July 31, 2023 at 2:43 pm“The Harvard and UNC admissions programs cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause.
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July 31, 2023 at 2:44 pmBoth programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points.
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July 31, 2023 at 2:44 pmWe have never permitted admissions programs to work in that way, and we will not do so today,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the six-justice majority.
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July 31, 2023 at 2:45 pmHowever, universities may still consider an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.
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July 31, 2023 at 2:46 pmThe liberal justices dissented in both cases. Justice Sotomayor wrote that the majority “cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter.”🥴
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July 31, 2023 at 2:47 pmThe cases were filed in 2014 against by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA). The group, led by the conservative activist Edward Blum, contended that the existing precedent on affirmative action — Grutter v. Bollinger — ought to be overruled and the race-conscious admissions of Harvard and UNC be invalidated.
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July 31, 2023 at 3:06 pmWhile Roberts did not explicitly say Grutter was overruled, Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion that the precedent is “for all intents and purposes, overruled.”
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July 31, 2023 at 3:07 pmIn the Harvard case, SFFA claimed that the university discriminates against Asian Americans, explaining that they are less likely to receive offers than students of other races who are similarly qualified.
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July 31, 2023 at 3:07 pmThe group argued Harvard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars entities that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basis of race.
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July 31, 2023 at 3:09 pmI hope this keeps believers informed. Would you please take time out of your busy schedule to pray🙏🏻 Thank you!
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