Damn! SCOTUS has been making all the money moves as of late.
On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that it's unconstitutional for universities to use affirmative action and other race-based admissions criteria, saying that weighting a person's race as a factor for admissions violates the 14th Amendment. While the move was celebrated by level-headed people who believe college admissions should be based on merit, "social justice warriors" were peeved.
The opinion, drafted by Justice John Roberts, centered on two major universities: Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, “two of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States.” The decision will prohibit universities from admitting students merely based on their race. As stated in the opinion: “Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Going further, the opinion states the following:
For the reasons provided above, the Harvard and UNC admissions programs cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause. Both programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points. We have never permitted admissions programs to work in that wav, and we will not do so today.
Numerous wise voices celebrated the constitutionally sound decision. The Media Research Center President Brent Bozell stated, “Great to see the Supreme Court tell Harvard to stop being racist. So long, affirmative action.” “Anti-Woke” commentator, DC Draino tweeted, “Systemic racism is now officially *outlawed* in America."
Radio host Bo Snerdley, a black man himself, explained how this particular decision indicates that our court is reestablishing constitutional principles.
For decades - thanks to the leftist domination of the courts - this nation has veered away from our constitutional principles.
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) June 29, 2023
Despite some setbacks - 3 issues have been righted.
Roe V. Wade -- Gone
Affirmative Action - Gone
Religious Freedom- Restored
They’re right! Harvard’s admissions data revealed an extreme advantage for students who are black, regardless of academic status.
As noted by the State Freedom Caucus’s communications director Greg Price, “Black students in the 50th percentile are more likely to get in tha[n] white students at the top.” The opinion also explained how a black student in the “40th percentile of their academic index is more likely to get it than an Asian student in the 100th percentile.
Of course, leftists immediately went into meltdown mode.
"The New York Times" essentially insisted that Black and Latino students aren’t smart enough to get into Harvard and UNC without affirmative action.
Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected affirmative action at Harvard and UNC. The major ruling curtails race-conscious college admissions in the U.S., all but ensuring that elite institutions become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino.https://t.co/SlMCRldkvN pic.twitter.com/flnORE7sHa
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2023
Way to be racist.
Others were just making up lies about SCOTUS to get attention.
The Supreme Court ruled against Navajo Nation Reservation water rights.
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) June 29, 2023
So, it’s not surprising that it gutted affirmative action too.
I’m afraid SCOTUS will be coming for interracial marriage next.
Because SCOTUS hates non-white people and women.
Good old Michelle Obama claimed that her “heart breaks” for students who can’t get into schools based on their skin color anymore. Kinda funny coming from the lady whose husband was elected in large part because of his skin color.
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurrence which caused some users to cry harder.
“While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: that all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law,” Thomas wrote.
Twitter users resorted to foul language to get their baseless points across.
Clarence Thomas benefitted from Affirmative Action in his own life, and now pulls the ladder up behind him.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) June 29, 2023
What a fucking disgrace.
Bottom line is that affirmative action was inherently racist. It established a precedent to treat particular races one way and other races another, all while assuming people of a certain race can't achieve anything without help. THAT IS RACISM. The fact that it’s been ruled unconstitutional is a step in the right direction for actual social justice.
— liafh (@liafh_y) June 29, 2023
Mic drop.
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— MRCTV (@mrctv) June 29, 2023