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university of north carolina violate the constitution, justice society a may or as says it decades of progress and precedent. president biden weighing in he severely disagrees with the ruling. our coverage begins with fox news legal correspondent and anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream, at the supreme court tonight. hi shannon. hello gillian. in the wake of the decision applicants will still very much be able to share their personal stories in their essays and statements and that can include stories about race and ethnicity and they re alloweded to consider those but they cannot be used as an end run at the heart of today s decision. let us embark on this transformative journey towards a more fair inclusive educational landscape. the supreme court made clear today race can no longer be used as a factor to determine who gets admitted to colleges aname. plaintiffs in the companion cases involving harvard and unc argued that the use of race was working against sp ....
at harvard a black plicatae cream of the crop had a 56% chance while whites and asians with the same qualifications had a 15%. a black applicant had a higher chance to get in than a top asian or white student t supreme court ruled 6-3 that s unconstitutional racial discrimination probed by the equal protection clause t14th amendment. chief justice john roberts who authored the majority says this, quote. eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it. the guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. roberts is saying, basically, you can t unfairly discriminate against whites in order to help blacks. all discrimination s wrong. harvard university made race a factor in every single step of of the application process, from the second they accepted the application to the second they accepted or rejected it, race was used in their decisions. the court says harvar ....
And legally surrender a newborn. so far over a hundred baby box have been placed around the country at fire stations, 32 babies have been surrendered safely. amaze ping. stick with us tomorrow on special report we ll have more rulings on the supreme court. thanks for listening i m gillian turner in washington. jesse watters prime time starts right now. jesse this might be the last time i get to say hi to your mom because you re leaving this hour. all he cherish this moment. jillian: thank you. jesse: fox news alert, the supreme court has ended affirmative action. universities can no longer accept or deny college applications based on race. but there s a loophole and we ll have more on that in a few minutes. affirmative action started in the 70s. the idea, good intentioned, make it easier for minorities to get accepted into good schools. but while it got easier for blacks and latinos, it became harder for asians and whites. ....