Supreme Court hears cases challenging affirmative action in college admissions | full audio

The Supreme Court heard arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard — two cases challenging the legality of universities considering race as a factor in their admissions programs.

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[jeremy]

Sotomayor’s arguments are always political and never grounded in the constitution. Why is she even on the court?

[ludwigvonsowell]

Harvard Professors, “statistical Disparity is an indicator of discrimination, except when it comes to admissions”

[jeffreychongsathien]

"Racism is good for racist social engineering" is the entire argument

[nemesisfc]

I am a minority West Point graduate (class of 94) and I find the government's argued position on behalf of service academies race conscious admission insulting.
Her argument did several things
A) It implied that my acceptance was based on my race.
B) She stated that minority acceptance is used as a pacifier for minority enlisted personnel
C) It was implied that any positive affect I had on my troops was due, at least in part, not to my leadership but to my race .
D) Finally, it makes me question my graduation's validity based on their way of thinking. Do they see more value in giving minority cadets a pass rather than holding them to standards...especially Native American cadets who are a small, small minority.

[annabellelee]

If they are a publicly funded college, they can't discriminate against anyone no matter their race.

[FukitoSan]

I want my doctor to be a high-performing student, not someone who got in because they check the right boxes.

[KouJunk]

I love it when an ad plays in the opening argument 🙄

[princeplume]

most of these comments make me feel like y’all didn’t understand a single word that was said

[DrdrGames]

3:12:30 - Sotomayor not understanding what de jure means

[Crushmore]

Guess we're about to see Affirmative Action go up in 🔥.

[ninaduong]

If and when I am on the operation table having a by-pass surgery or brain surgery, I don't care of what race of the surgeon is, as long as the surgeon has the expertise to operate on me, so that I have a successful surgery and live. If the surgeon is being admitted into the medical school or fellowship with the help of Affirmative Action (lowering the standards), because of his/her particular race, otherwise he/she wouldn't be admitted into the medical school or fellowship program. Isn't it an insult to that candidate and to the name of "diversity" especially in higher education. More importantly, with Affirmative Action, inadvertently putting American people at great risks. In my opinion, Admission to colleges and medical schools or fellowship programs, or higher education need to be based on merits and merits only. Just think about it for a minute.

[chrispark]

1:01:00 - 1:03:01 Thomas spitting fire. "I dont hold much to that argument because I've heard similar arguments for segregation" (To the pro-affirmative action lawyer)

[ErickShawn]

Hearing sotomayor's voice makes me 🤢🤮

[TDog-icdo]

Excuse me but, where is the universities responsibility in this equation? They are over charging for education. They are the nexus in this problem. To be an educated citizen should not become a financial death sentence.

[bigtex]

Invest in an Asian Fusion restaurant near Harvard.

[auburnjewels]

This is the best news ever! No more sub standard affirmative action physicians!😎

[christinechow]

The irony is that these academic institutions often entertained nepotism--favouring children of friends of university officials over other more qualified applicants for admission....this didn't provoke the same reaction.

[davidbeck]

This is ridiculous. Sotomayor isn't getting the idea of a zero-sum game.

[ludwigvonsowell]

If you have a tiebreaker in your pocket, by definition you are ahead.

[samarkand_nights]

2:27:40 ‘Were we wrong in Bostock?’ Yung G Gorsuch tearing it up