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A picture emerged in the oral arguments of affirmative action as a key pillar of the American social and political order, which in recent decades has become deeply entrenched in academia, the state and the military.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard several hours of arguments on whether education institutions can consider race as one of many factors in determining student admissions.
The defenders of race-based college admissions are interested in only racial diversity and cannot explain when affirmative action should end.
The six right-wingers appear poised to gut affirmative action in higher education.
WASHINGTON—When it comes to upholding even a mild form of affirmative action, three big unions—the Teachers (AFT), the National Education Association (NEA), and the Service Employees say “yes”—and the Republican-named Supreme Court justices are apparently saying “no.