A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
case after liberal justice brown jackson recused herself. all conservative justices siding with the majority. they decided both programs do violate the 14th amendment equal protection clause and therefore unlawful. shannon bream, chief legal correspondent is watching it for us. this is a big day. we look back 19 years ago. in 2003 justice sandra day o connor was the swing or deciding vote in what was a landmark supreme court case over race. perhaps the most divisive social, political and cultural issue in the country s history. fast forward to today. tell us about the conservative court majorities blocking colleges using race as part of the admissions process. this case came from a group of asian-american students part of the emphasis saying we re being harmed by the way the race is being used in admissions processes. justice gorsuch during the arguments about this policy said what are you supposed to tell asian american applicants who have coaches telling them try to hide
culture plus co-founder lili gil valletta and former army captain jeremy hunt. we begin with anchor and chief legal correspondent shannon bream. thank you for covering this all morning for us. shannon: glad to and glad you have attorneys there, including you to break these things down, as well. this is landmark decision about what higher education can and can t do about race. the court said it cannot be a factor deciding who gets into college, including harvard and unc. chief justice said here, the student must be treated on his or her experience, not on basis of race. many universities have done the opposite and concluded wrongly touch stone of individual ability is not lessons learned, but color of their skin, constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. he read from the decision and so did justice thomas. devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated, this will entrench racial segregation, racial inequality will exist as long as it is ignored. if peop
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