Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% :Justice Clarence Thomas said that affirmative action policies are "rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular racial mix in their entering classes.""While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination," he wrote.
48% : The Supreme Court has issued its ruling regarding affirmative action on Thursday, saying that colleges and universities can no longer use race as a factor in college admissions.
44% : While many colleges and universities have argued that affirmative action keeps the student bodies on their campuses diverse, the Supreme Court has ruled, 6-3, that taking race into consideration is a violation of the 14Amendment's Equal Protection clause.
44% :Courts on the federal level had sided with the two schools against the students who brought the lawsuit, however the Supreme Court took up the case and have now ruled in favor of the group, ruling that affirmative action policies are discriminatory.

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