The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling on Thursday that race-conscious admission programs at two colleges were unconstitutional, with Chief Justice John Roberts arguing that it violated the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the primary dissent, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also penned a separate dissent, joined by Kagan. The ruling has been met with criticism from civil rights groups, and is likely to have far-reaching implications for universities across the country.
