Unsurprised that the conservative majorty on this Supreme Court struck down affirmative action. I'm Anti-surprised, in fact. They'll likely do the same thing to student debt relief, later today or tomorrow.

It'll take about 3 years to see the full effects of today's decision across the higher education landscape; these justices won't care then, either.

If you want real remedies for centuries of inequity, inequality, and injustice, this court isn't where you need to go.

Hit the ballot box, the city council chambers, or the streets, instead.

What a sad mess.

Gonna try to stay offline for a while today.

Before I go, though, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent in today's affirmative action decision starts on page 209, here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf

And you should really read it.

@Wolven Thanks for the pointer. For Californians, p. 209 is... symbolic! In any case, I want to read her opinion first. (I work this morning and the reading comes later today.)

And let's expect Sandra Day O'Connor's cutesy 2003 opinion to be misinterpreted profusely and often for a few days. I need to reread that one. It rankled at the time.

From earlier decisions—Bush v. Gore (2000) comes to mind—I recommend that folks actually "get around to" reading today's decision and all the opinions.