Conservative Supreme Court justices were hostile on Monday to the ongoing use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The court debated affirmative action policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard. Here are key takeaways.
During a marathon session lasting almost five hours, the justices heard from a total of five lawyers. Three argued on behalf of Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Two others – both former clerks to Justice Clarence Thomas – argued for the conservative group Students for Fair Admissions behind the challenge. With a 6-3 conservative-liberal majority, the question may be not whether the court will strike down affirmative action, but how far it will rule.
When a lawyer for UNC said that it would enhance the “truth-seeking” function of learning, and “reduce group think,” Thomas, the court’s only Black male justice, was not impressed. “Well, I guess I don’t put much stock in that because I’ve heard similar arguments in favor of segregation too,” he said. Liberal Justices Jackson and Kagan on originalism and pipelines For the first time in history, a Black female justice heard arguments in an affirmative action case at the Supreme Court.
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