done for descendants of slaves. reporter: after two years of deliberations, california reparations task force sent to final report to the state capitol for the state legislature and governor to decide how the state should handle reparations. many expected it to call for a concrete dollar amount, the task force is leaving that challenge to the legislature and it provides over 115 recommendations spanning from cash payments to policy reforms to a formal apology to eligible residents designated as descendants of slaves. critics call this effort fiscally irresponsible noting how california is facing a $31.5 billion deficit. reparations is the extraction of money from people who were never slave owners to be given to people who were never slaves. we will never see reparations paid in california. again, it s illegal. it s unconstitutional. it violates the equal protection clause. reporter: progressive governor gavin newsom signed legislation creating the first in the nation
university of north carolina violate the constitution, justice society a may or as says it decades of progress and precedent. president biden weighing in he severely disagrees with the ruling. our coverage begins with fox news legal correspondent and anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream, at the supreme court tonight. hi shannon. hello gillian. in the wake of the decision applicants will still very much be able to share their personal stories in their essays and statements and that can include stories about race and ethnicity and they re alloweded to consider those but they cannot be used as an end run at the heart of today s decision. let us embark on this transformative journey towards a more fair inclusive educational landscape. the supreme court made clear today race can no longer be used as a factor to determine who gets admitted to colleges aname. plaintiffs in the companion cases involving harvard and unc argued that the use of race was working against specific
argued the use of race was working against specific groups like asian-american applicants. many argue their near perfect test scores were passed over if favor of other applicants because of their race. the court s two black justices came down on different sides of the dispute with justice jackson recusing from the harvard case because of her one time role on the university of overseers. the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race. many universities have done just the opposite and in doing so, they have concluded wrongly, that the touch stone of an individual s identity is not challenges vested, skills built or lessons learned but the color of their skin. justice sotomayer called the opinion devastating adding today s decision exacerbates segregation and diminishes the
argued that the use of race was working against specific groups like asian american applicants many argued their near perfect test scores and stellar gpas were passed over in favor of other applicants because of their race. the courts two black justices thomas and jackson came down on different sides of the dispute with justice jackson recusing from the harvard case because of her one-time roll on the university s board of oversears. john roberts for the 6-3 conservative majority the student must be treated based on his or her experience as an individual not on the base is of race. many universities for tooing have done the opposite and in doing so they have concluded wrongly that the touch tone is the identity is not skills built or lessons learned but color of their skin. justice society a my or calls the opinion devastating saying it aggravates segregation and diminishes the inclusivity of