Oral arguments are getting started in the two Supreme Court cases challenging #AffirmativeAction. Listen live on the Court's website: supremecourt.gov
For everything you might hear today, remember these two cases challenging #AffirmativeAction were spearheaded by a white activist who has spent decades campaigning against racial equality with huge conservative financial backing. slate.com/news-and-polit…
Justice Sotomayor is already pointing out one of the biggest flaws in the arguments against #AffirmativeAction: the myth that race is being used as a singular factor in admissions. All of the students admitted met the qualifications to these schools.
"Race is never the determinative factor," Justice Sotomayor highlights from the lower court findings. "I'm not sure I understand how you're differentiating your answer. If race is only one among many factors, how can you ever prove... it's a determinative factor?"
Justice Jackson jumps in: She's been struggling to understand how race is factoring into the admissions process and whether there's any redressable injury. She's challenging the notion there's any standing — is there any real problem to fix?
The liberal justices are looking for a single example of how checking the racial minority box gave an applicant a guaranteed advantage. Also: How can an essay about an experience with race be considered but the race itself cannot? #AffirmativeAction
Justice Sotomayor calls out the reality that if race cannot be considered through #AffirmativeAction, minority enrollment will plummet. Other factors like socioeconomic status do not achieve the same diverse results: afj.org/article/a-monu…
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