.RepBowman called for 'promoting equitable access to higher education for our Black and Brown students' via policies like ending legacy admissions and expanding the Supreme Court by passing the Judiciary Act.
"The Supreme Court majority may think they are blind to race, but what they are truly blind to is inequality, blind to injustice, blind to progress," Markey argued.
"Congress must act," Markey added. "We must make sure we continue to hold the doors of opportunity open to all. We must give people the just and equal opportunity to achieve their educational dreams. We must expand the Supreme Court and return legitimacy and balance back to the same institution that rightly ruled that education—and justice—should be made available to all on equal terms.
"It is well past time for Congress to acknowledge that this is a captured court and move swiftly to support and pass the Judiciary Act of 2023, and add four seats to the bench," Indivisible added.
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