The Latest Breaking News from Ketanji Brown Jackson

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disappoints —again.

Simply declaring that schools should now be color-blind won’t make it real — or fair. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote as much in a separate dissent, “[D]eeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.

Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday's Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education

A preliminary assessment of today's decisions. The majority rightly struck a blow against the use of racial preferences for purposes of advancing "diversity" in education. But there are some flaws in its reasoning.

WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s opinion about affirmative action rejects the use of race as an admissions factor at colleges and universities.

Her rebuke condemns conservative majority’s ‘let-them-eat-cake obliviousness’ to legacy of racism

America's colleges and universities can no longer weigh race and gender when considering a student's eligibility for enrollment after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action on Thursday

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

The landmark decision overturns long-standing precedent that has benefitted Black and Latino students in higher education