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Affirmative action ruling shows ‘willful ignorance of our reality’, critics say

NAACP accuses court of bowing to ‘personally held beliefs of an extremist minority’ as race-conscious admissions ends

The Guardian - US

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers searing civil rights lesson in dissent to affirmative action ruling

Her rebuke condemns conservative majority’s ‘let-them-eat-cake obliviousness’ to legacy of racism

The Independent UK

Affirmative action's rejection will impact school diversity

The Supreme Court's ruling deems that diversity is no longer a compelling interest for university admission.

Axios

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Editorial: Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban is a catastrophic blow to the American dream

The Supreme Court‘s decision Thursday blocking higher educational institutions from using affirmative action policies when considering student applications will have catastrophic effects at a time when the nation is still grappling with generations of racism.

Los Angeles Times

Joe Biden slams Supreme Court in fiery speech dispelling myths about affirmative action

America's colleges and universities can no longer weigh race and gender when considering a student's eligibility for enrollment after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action on Thursday

Daily Mirror

KBJ torches affirmative action ruling

The “visibly angry” justice said Thomas “ignites too many straw men to list”

Salon

Watch as Biden responds to Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action

Watch as Joe Biden speaks on the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action.

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Noah Feldman: Affirmative action is radical Supreme Court's latest casualty

Affirmative action died Thursday at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and held that it’s unconstitutional for universities to take account of racial diversity in their admissions.

Tribune News Service

Obamas disagree with Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

The former president said “affirmative action wasn’t perfect. But it allowed generations of students like Michelle and me to prove we belonged.”

Chicago Sun-Times

The Supreme Court can end affirmative action–but it can’t reverse the course of history

America is changing. Future generations of college students will be less white, and less privileged–regardless of the Supreme Court's decision.

Fortune

The Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

The Court's core ruling is unsurprising, but its future effects are uncertain.

Reason

‘We’re really worried.’ What do colleges do now after affirmative action ruling?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision Thursday striking down affirmative action has intensified angst among many higher-education leaders who say extending access to a diversity of students could become a challenging, high-cost and labor-intensive effort steeped in uncertainties.

Los Angeles Times

What Trump, DeSantis and other 2024 candidates said about SCOTUS affirmative action decision

The court ruled 6-3 against the admissions processes at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Axios

Affirmative action in universities officially ENDED by Supreme Court in landmark decision

The landmark decision overturns long-standing precedent that has benefitted Black and Latino students in higher education

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

Supreme Court ends race-conscious college admissions. How will it change California education?

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said universities and colleges could no longer use a form of race-conscious admissions, rejecting a decades-old precedent in affirmative action policy.

Tribune News Service

Can colleges admit racially diverse classes without affirmative action?

DALLAS -- College administrators are reevaluating how they can admit racially diverse classes, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled colleges are no longer allowed to consider race in the admissions process.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions

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Evening Standard

US Supreme court rules against affirmative action in college admissions

Court overturns plans allowing colleges to consider applicant’s race during admissions process

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Roll Call

Biden blasts Supreme Court as not ‘normal’ after affirmative action ruling - Roll Call

As Democrats across the country blasted the 6-3 opinion, Republicans lauded the new restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court.

France 24

US Supreme Court rules against race-conscious university admissions

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.

The Independent UK

Watch view of US Supreme Court after justices strike down affirmative action

Watch a view from outside the US Supreme Court on Thursday 29 June, the day that it announced a decision to strike down raced-based college admissions.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, banning colleges from factoring race in admissions

In a 6 -3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled higher education institutions may not consider race as a factor in admissions

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions

WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.

Axios

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action at colleges

The ruling will force colleges to reimagine hallmarks of the admissions process.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases

Biden said he was considering executive action following court’s decision to limit power of universities to consider an applicant’s race in admissions

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