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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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U.S. Supreme Court delivers setback to affirmative action in college admissions
Ruling expected to have big consequences for the many U.S. colleges that consider race in admissions
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-supreme-court-colleges-affirmative-action-1.6892475

SCOTUS ruled in favour of a group called Students for Fair Admissions, founded by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum
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#EdwardBlum #StudentsForFairAdmissions #SFFA #SCOTUS #conservatism #education #AffirmativeAction

U.S. Supreme Court delivers setback to affirmative action in college admissions | CBC News

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious student admissions programs currently used at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in a sharp setback to affirmative action policies often used to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other underrepresented minority groups on campuses.

CBC

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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Read the Supreme Court decision reversing decades of precedent on affirmative action
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1185048706/affirmative-action-supreme-court-opinion

The Supreme Court ruled in a 237-page opinion that race-conscious admissions are unconstitutional in cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The ruling in the UNC case was 6-3 along ideological lines; in the Harvard case, it was 6-2, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recusing herself.

#SCOTUS #EdwardBlum

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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Supreme Court guts affirmative action, ending race-conscious admissions
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1181138066/affirmative-action-supreme-court-decision

Supreme Court Just Ended Affirmative Action
The rulings seriously curtail race-conscious college admissions, effectively ending a decades-old policy
https://newrepublic.com/post/174010/supreme-court-just-ended-affirmative-action

Did Justice Jackson Sneak a Loophole into the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ban?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/harvard-personal-essays-affirmative-action-supreme-court/

When It Comes to the Supreme Court, We Don’t Have to Live Like This
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2023/06/29/when-it-comes-to-the-supreme-court-we-dont-have-to-live-like-this

#SCOTUS #EdwardBlum

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“Let Them Eat Cake Obliviousness”: Liberal Justices Blast Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Affirmative Action
The most searing lines from the court’s dissent
https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2023/06/supreme-court-affirmative-action-dissent/

“A Tragedy for Us All”: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Dissent
The justice did not mince words in her dissent of the conservative supermajority’s decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kbj-dissent-affirmative-action/
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#SCOTUS #EdwardBlum #AffirmativeAction

"Let-them-eat-cake obliviousness": Liberal justices blast Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action

The most searing lines from the court's dissent.

Mother Jones

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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SCOTUS' Affirmative Action Ban Undermines Education Equity and Intellectual Exchange
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/scotus-affirmative-action-ban-undermines-education-equity-and-intellectual-exchange

National Education Association (NEA) reacts to Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action in admissions
NEA President: "We are stronger when our country, communities, schools, and future includes and reflects all of us"
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/nea-reacts-to-supreme-court-decision-to-end-affirmative-action-in-admissions
https://www.nea.org/
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#NEA #NationalEducationAssociation

SCOTUS' Affirmative Action Ban Undermines Education Equity and Intellectual Exchange

Stand Up America’s Managing Director for Communications, Monica Garcia, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court reversed nearly 50 years of precedent by eliminating race-conscious admissions in America’s colleges and universities. “The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative acti...

Common Dreams

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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ACLU Comment on Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Harvard and UNC’s Affirmative Action Policies
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/aclu-comment-on-supreme-courts-ruling-against-harvard-and-uncs-affirmative-action-policies

What will happen without affirmative action in colleges? University leaders fear a lapse in diversity efforts.
University presidents and education reform advocates are decrying the Supreme Court opinion, calling the decision "a true step back"
https://19thnews.org/2023/06/supreme-court-affirmative-action-decision-college-leaders-react/
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#ACLU

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Harvard and UNC’s Affirmative Action Policies

Today, the Supreme Court issued two rulings in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC restricting schools’ ability to fully address systemic racial inequalities that persist in higher education – and hindering the ability of a university to select its student...

Common Dreams

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.
The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn’t seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-killed-affirmative-action/

Supreme Court makes its historic ruling in affirmative action cases
Court rules that these policies violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
https://hechingerreport.org/supreme-court-makes-its-historic-ruling-in-affirmative-action-cases/

The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.

The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn’t seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country.

The Nation