On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its blockbuster opinions in two cases involving race-based preferences in college admissions. In lawsuits brought by a group called Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, the schools had relied on the concept of promoting diversity to justify their admissions policies, which used race as a factor in selecting students.
The Court rejected the diversity interest asserted by the colleges, and its reasoning was broad. It wrote, “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.”