{"id":1960115,"date":"2023-06-29T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-court-strikes-racial-preferences-from-college-admissions\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:33:17","slug":"high-court-strikes-racial-preferences-from-college-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-court-strikes-racial-preferences-from-college-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court bans racial preferences in college admissions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-court-strikes-racial-preferences-from-college-admissions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960115&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Affirmative Action at Universities<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Chief Justice John Roberts \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court has made a landmark decision, striking down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-trying-to-convince-asians-that-america-is-oppressive-has-ties-to-chinese-state-media\/\" title=\"Group Trying To Convince Asians That America Is Oppressive Has Ties To Chinese State Media\">race-based affirmative action<\/a> at universities. This ruling brings an end to a controversial practice that has been in place for decades and could have significant implications for college admissions nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Implications for College Admissions<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>The court ruled that the admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, which were parties in the cases, &#8220;cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause.&#8221; The programs were found to lack focused and measurable objectives, employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This decision is a significant victory for opponents of affirmative action, including Students for Fair Admissions, the advocacy group that brought the cases against Harvard and UNC. It will also require many universities that use race as an admissions criteria to develop new recruitment strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Students for Fair Admissions argued that Harvard violated the Civil Rights Act by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-court-strikes-racial-preferences-from-college-admissions\/\" title=\"High Court bans racial preferences in college admissions.\">imposing higher admissions standards<\/a> on Asian applicants compared to other racial and ethnic groups. They also claimed that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-supreme-court-hears-challenge-against-race-based-college-admissions-joe-biden-wants-race-based-supreme-court-nominee\/\" title=\"As Supreme Court Hears Challenge Against Race-Based College Admissions, Joe Biden Wants Race-Based Supreme Court Nominee\">race-based admissions policies<\/a> were inconsistent with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-legal-team-files-appeal-after-obama-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-to-block-pennsylvania-from-certifying-its-results\/\" title=\"Trump Legal Team Files Appeal After Obama Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Pennsylvania From Certifying Its Results\">equal protection clause<\/a> of the 14th amendment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This ruling overturns the 45-year-old Supreme Court decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which allowed colleges to consider race as one of multiple factors for admission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Supporters of affirmative action, including the Biden administration, had urged the Supreme Court not to take this case, arguing that overturning the decision would be a significant setback for campus diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, in a pro-Harvard amicus brief, emphasized that the university does not view race as the defining feature of an application. They stated that race-conscious admissions are necessary to ensure representation of students from all races on campuses. The group also claimed that banning this practice would cause the percentage of black students admitted to drop from 14 percent to 6 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Impact on Recruitment and Application Processes<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>This ruling is likely to compel many schools across the country to overhaul their recruitment and application processes. In California, where affirmative action has been banned since 1995, the percentage of black and Latino students at the University of California at Los Angeles dropped by around 50 percent immediately after the prohibition. However, the university has since managed to recruit an even higher percentage of black and Latino students without using race as an admissions factor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The last time the court revisited the Bakke decision on affirmative action was in the 2003 case Grutter v. Bollinger. Justice Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor, who wrote the majority opinion upholding Bakke at that time, believed that affirmative action should be a temporary measure. She stated, &#8220;expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reparations-for-black-america-already-happened-black-scholar-tells-don-lemon\/\" title=\"\u2018Reparations For Black America Already Happened,\u2019 Black Scholar Tells Don Lemon\">interest approved today<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 decision on Thursday ended race-based affirmative action at universities, including Harvard and the University of. This ruling has significant implications for college admissions nationwide, marking the end of a controversial practice that has been in place for decades. Chief Justice John Roberts played a key role in this landmark decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":1960116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}