The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

President Biden strongly disagreed with the Court’s decision saying, ‘We cannot let this decision be the last word’

NAACP accuses court of bowing to ‘personally held beliefs of an extremist minority’ as race-conscious admissions ends

The “visibly angry” justice said Thomas “ignites too many straw men to list”

Watch as Joe Biden speaks on the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action.

Affirmative action died Thursday at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and held that it’s unconstitutional for universities to take account of racial diversity in their admissions.

The former president said “affirmative action wasn’t perfect. But it allowed generations of students like Michelle and me to prove we belonged.”

America is changing. Future generations of college students will be less white, and less privileged–regardless of the Supreme Court's decision.

The Court's core ruling is unsurprising, but its future effects are uncertain.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision Thursday striking down affirmative action has intensified angst among many higher-education leaders who say extending access to a diversity of students could become a challenging, high-cost and labor-intensive effort steeped in uncertainties.