Hot Air Article RatingJustices appear skeptical of affirmative action during oral arguments (plus the Elizabeth Warren question)
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| "How, the court's conservative justices asked, will supporters of the policies determine whether the goals of affirmative action had ever been reached?" | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Justice Samuel Alito likened affirmative action to a race in which a minority applicant gets to start five yards closer to the finish line." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Depending on its scope, a ruling against U.N.C. could doom affirmative action at public colleges and universities around the nation and perhaps at private ones, too." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "There does seem to be agreement that affirmative action matters much less at the majority of colleges which aren't as highly competitive as Harvard." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Most colleges do not use affirmative action when they decide which students to accept." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Alito asked North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park -- who is defending affirmative action policies at the University of North Carolina -- what is preventing students from claiming heritage they don't have." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Simultaneously, the liberal Justices also seem to be arguing that affirmative action rarely makes a difference or that the difference is so slight that it's not clear anyone has sufficient grounds to claim injury." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "but from what I have heard it seems the liberal Justices are arguing that ending affirmative action would harm Black and Latino representation." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "But he added that a ban on affirmative action could change how students of color feel about pursuing higher education." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Chief Justice Roberts is apparently also skeptical of affirmative action and asked when it would ever end." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Justice Elena Kagan said she was worried about a precipitous decline in minority admissions were the court to rule against affirmative action in higher education." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
54% : How, the court's conservative justices asked, will supporters of the policies determine whether the goals of affirmative action had ever been reached?53% :Justice Samuel Alito likened affirmative action to a race in which a minority applicant gets to "start five yards closer to the finish line."
47% : Depending on its scope, a ruling against U.N.C. could doom affirmative action at public colleges and universities around the nation and perhaps at private ones, too.
47% : There does seem to be agreement that affirmative action matters much less at the majority of colleges which aren't as highly competitive as Harvard.
47% : Most colleges do not use affirmative action when they decide which students to accept.
45% : Alito asked North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park -- who is defending affirmative action policies at the University of North Carolina -- what is preventing students from claiming heritage they don't have.
44% : Simultaneously, the liberal Justices also seem to be arguing that affirmative action rarely makes a difference or that the difference is so slight that it's not clear anyone has sufficient grounds to claim injury.
41% : but from what I have heard it seems the liberal Justices are arguing that ending affirmative action would harm Black and Latino representation.
40% : But he added that a ban on affirmative action could change how students of color feel about pursuing higher education.
36% : Chief Justice Roberts is apparently also skeptical of affirmative action and asked when it would ever end.
25% : Justice Elena Kagan said she was worried about "a precipitous decline in minority admissions" were the court to rule against affirmative action in higher education.
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