a sharply divided court scrapping decades of precedent, striking down race-based a missions programs at harvard and the university of north carolina, ruling their efforts to create racially diverse campuses are unconstitutional. the majority rejecting the use of race alone to promote diversity on college campuses. chief justice john roberts and his majority opinion writing both programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives. conservatives argue college admissions should be based on merit, not race. president biden, on the other hand, saying discrimination still exists in america. the court did not entirely strike race from the equation. a lot of questions about the impact of all this. it s where we start with laura jarrett. reporter: a landmark decision from a bitterly divided supreme court, rejecting the use of race as we know it in college admissions. chief justice john