The Supreme Court's Impact on Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The US Supreme Court has overturned race-based affirmative action policies in university admissions, ruling that race can no longer be considered as a factor. The decision, which covered cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina, has upended decades-old policies on affirmative action. President Joe Biden expressed strong disagreement with the ruling, stating that discrimination still exists in America. The court's conservative majority argued that universities should not discriminate based on race, while dissenting liberal justices warned that the ruling would perpetuate colorblindness in a segregated society. Advocates for the decision celebrated it as a restoration of a colorblind legal covenant, while critics expressed concern about the impact on diversity and the experiences of marginalized students.