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Divisions within the gop when it comes to foreign policy. >> yeah. dasha, i want to read the tweet vice president mike pence put out. he gave you his answer, but in another way he took it a step further in this tweet. there's no place for discrimination based on race in the united states, and i am pleased the supreme court has put an end to this egregious violation of civil and constitutional rights in admissions processes which only served to perpetuate racism. i'm honored to have played a role in appointing three of the justices that ensured today's welcomed decision. as president i will con...

Is bubbling up to the surface and a long road until we find out how it's going to impact admissions processes. you read harvard's statement. other ways as a function of being part of the disadvantaged group. >> sandra: the supreme court is all about that, that is the way it should be. sotomayor, it will entrench racial segregation, it will exist as long as it is ignored. and carrie and shannon bream, describe the admissions system in california and eight other states as devastating? >> yeah, i like justice sotomayor a lot, but i disagree

In 2003. she looked into the future 25 years and envisioning a society where this would not need to be in existence any longer and here we are five years earlier from that point and look what has happened. so my question to you now, maya, what should we take away from this decision? how is this going to have a domino effect, not only for colleges and universities, but let's think about how other schools, k through 12 systems, will try to become race neutral in feeding these schools that will now try to endeavor to find race neutral admissions processes? >> well, first, let's just say that once...

Carolina? >> reporter: right now, in fact, if we look at the data, 40% of all the universities in this country consider race in some form or fashion when it comes to their admissions processes. that is according to one 2019 report. unc is one of the two that yamiche mentioned. we spoke to students on both sides to hear what they think. >> i think affirmative action is a terrible thing, runs against the ideals of equality. what affirmative action says is people who are advantaged or disadvantaged based on the color of their skin. that is antiquated thinking. we shouldn't advantage or disadvanta...

They broke down the nuts and bolts. the big question is what do the students think? specifically the cases could ultimately put an end to affirmative action in higher education. right now, 40% of all the universities in america consider race in some form when it comes to their admissions processes and that's according to one 2019 report. these lawsuits though, they're aiming to overturn the legal precedent that allows them to do just that. so just context this stems from two lawsuits filed by a group called students for fair admissions. they filed one lawsuit against harvard and one against un...