After
lengthy and heated oral arguments Monday, Supreme Court
experts say the justices are likely to bar the use of affirmative
action in college admissions.
The court heard two similar cases on the use of race in college
admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in a
nearly five-hour session. An activist group called Students for Fair
Admissions brought both cases, and seemed to have more justices on its
side.
Judicial Watch filed an amici curiae brief alongside the Allied
Educational Foundation in support of Students for Fair Admissions’
Supreme Court cases challenging both Harvard College and
the University of North Carolina’s race-based affirmative action
admissions programs.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: "The way to end discrimination on the
basis of race is to stop discrimination on the basis of race. We've got to
get out of this business of racial bean counting and quotas."
"It
is time, once and for all, for the Supreme Court to put an end to
court-sanctioned racial discrimination in college admissions, both in
public and private schools," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
