There is no conceivable justification for this decision other than this current court’s mantra of “we’ll do it because we can.”
—Many clueless white conservatives (and Asians) have already answered that only SATs should be used for college admissions—apparently ignorant that SATs have a long standing racial bias and several states/colleges are excluding them altogether.
—It is outrageous hypocrisy that many hailing this SCOTUS decision as a “step towards a color blind society” have shown outright disdain for actual steps towards an actual colorblind society (like Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment and interracial marriage or Kamala Harris’s Vice Presidency and her own interracial marriage).
All these post-racial utopian conservatives are usually the first ones to complain there’s “too many” interracial couples in movies or commercials, and that’s just “pandering to wokeness.” Despite an embrace of “color blindness” only in instances of ignoring racism, they have shown no actual history of tearing down racial lines. Many have adamantly fought integration in education, and this decision is along the lines of that thinking. This is also why many conservatives like Trump or the Kochs love HBCUs, as their real fear is white and black intermingling freely.
—It is simply astounding the SCOTUS is such a big fan of the 14th amendment as to use it to repeal any and all racial progress not explicitly outlined in it. This is the exact opposite purpose of the amendment and a gross violation of its spirit.
Also, where were these 14th amendment-loving arguments during the repeal of Roe vs. Wade? After all, states forcing women to become mothers and making up their own discriminatory laws towards women is absolutely a violation of the 14th amendment.
—Bringing up abortion (a terrible decision only a year old) is still relevant because ending affirmative action policies feels directly related. After all, there’s racial bias in abortion statistics as well, and women of color in the Southeast are overwhelmingly more likely to be prevented from getting an abortion now. Plus, educated women are less likely to be single mothers, and some colleges provide access to contraceptives some young women couldn’t afford otherwise.
—Although the Supreme Court has rarely been on the side of minority rights (“Injustice: the SCOTUS’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted” shows they have been a tool of white supremacy and/or powerful business interests far more often than they have been remotely progressive), it is terrifying how the current court believe they have the right to stick their nose into every facet of modern American life—of which they know very little since they’re hyper-Catholic obscurantist turds living in a hermetically sealed bubble guarded by their own police force.
Even though Alito lives in the 13th century (Alito cited British laws from that era in his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade), Thomas mostly palls around with billionaires, Roberts rarely mixes with anyone other than his elaborate security detail, and Handmaid’s Tale and Gorsuch make Mike Pence look like a carefree rascal—they somehow feel qualified to rule on matters they know nothing about, such as EPA standards, college admissions, women’s health, and modern life as lived by non-ultra Catholics.
This goes against the court’s historical preference for hearing cases that only have a direct connection to existing laws. College admissions for private universities is not that at all. At this rate, the next court session will see them banning the word “woke” and mandating that Potato Head must be called “Mr. Potato Head.”