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The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics.

Web designer backed by Christian group argued making websites for same-sex couples would violate her first amendment rights

The Supreme Court sided Friday with the owner of a company who refuses to build websites for same-sex weddings because of religious beliefs.

Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor see that impact.

For decades, conservatives have railed against judicial activism, but Thursday’s decision striking down affirmative action by colleges and universities in admissions was the height of conservative judicial activism. The court rejected almost half a century of precedents, overturned decisions made by public and private universities across the country, and ignored…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s two Black justices sparred over the meaning and impact of race in dueling opinions on the majority’s decision to curtail affirmative action programs at universities.

Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday's Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education

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.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s opinion about affirmative action rejects the use of race as an admissions factor at colleges and universities.

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

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.