Justices split along ideological lines in hearing arguments on race as part of college admissions – By Madeleine Hubbard (Just the News) / Oct 31, 2022
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case because she served on the school’s board of overseers.
The nine Supreme Court justices hearing arguments Monday on whether colleges can consider race as a factor in admissions appeared split along ideological lines, with at least two conservative-leaning judges challenging the idea of affirmative action.
“I’ve heard the word ‘diversity’ quite a few times, and I don’t have a clue what it means,” Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed to the bench by President George H.W. Bush, and who has opposed affirmative action, said during arguments.
The justices listened to arguments for nearly two hours on the lawsuits from the conservative group Students for Fair Admissions challenging admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, the Associated Press reported.
Justice Samuel Alito, another member of the bench’s 6-3 conservative majority, compared affirmative action to a race that allows minority applications to “start five yards closer to the finish line.”
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