first, i m still filling in for my friend velshi. good man, roughly one year after roe v. wade was overturned, supreme court issued another ruling that said two up and another aspect of american life. on thursday, the supreme court ruled that commissions programs at harvard and university of north carolina violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. it effectively puts an end to affirmative action, a decision that will back decades of progress and president and in fact colleges, universities, and younger generations of students around the country. the 237 includes a dissent written by justice ketanji joao brown jackson the first black woman to be appointed to the supreme court. she wrote quote, with let them eat cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the record and announces colin finest for all by legal fiat. but deeming race relevant law does not make it so in life. during his remarks on thursday, biden echoed those sentiments. today, the court on
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john roberts. and of course in years past, cases past, the chief justice has really been critical of using race in any number of scenarios. so asking today why in fact colleges can t look at other factors to try to promote diversity. but what we ve heard from these colleges and universities both in argument and in their written briefs is that even in those schools where affirmative action has, in fact, been banned for several years because states, nine states across the country ban affirmative action, they say when they don t have this affirmative action way of finding out what races students are, they haven t been able to achieve the right diversity that they say they want promoted on campus. in another line of questioning here that could ultimately be what we see in this opinion, we ve seen the justices, brett kavanaugh, amy coney barrett, as well as other justices here talking about maybe time is up for affirmative action. they ve consistently been pointing to a 2003 opinion from