Supreme Court Appears Fully Ready to Gut Affirmative Action

Nearly twenty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that student body diversity is a national priority that justifies the consideration of race in university admissions. “Effective participation by members of all racial and ethnic groups in the civic life of our Nation is essential,” Reagan-appointed Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote in her landmark majority opinion in 2003, “if the dream of one Nation, indivisible, is to be realized.” The decision upheld Regents v. Bakke, a ruling on affirmative action from a quarter century earlier — but with one notable qualification. “We expect that 25 years from… Read Full Article