support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing affirmative action over time. justice sandra day o connor wrote we expect 25 years from now the us
juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
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