Curtailing Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Commentary
Last week, the Supreme Court took a stand for justice. In a pair of decisions, the Court banned the longstanding process of “affirmative action” (a euphemism for racial preferences) in the college admissions process.
Reiterating a statement he made in 2007, Chief Justice John Roberts spoke for the six-justice majority: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Would that all Supreme Court decisions were explained with such commonsense clarity.
The Court’s three left-leaning justices dissented. They strongly believe that college admissions policies should continue to favor less-qualified black Americans over more-qualified Asian and white Americans due to historical discrimination against blacks….