Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson write dissenting opinions in the case that struck down affirmative action.
in a case against Harvard, characterized the court's ruling as one that “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”
The court ruled Thursday that the University of North Carolina and Harvard violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution by considering race as a factor in the admissions process.Sotomayor dissented in both cases, while Jackson dissented in the UNC case and recused herself from the Harvard case. Jackson was onin the admissions process.
Born to a Puerto Rican family, Sotomayor grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx. Her mother instilled in her a belief in the power of education, the justice has said.she excelled in school as a child while also managing a diagnosis of juvenile diabetes and other challenges. After graduating high school as valedictorian, she attended Princeton University and Yale Law School.
In a rather contentious and lengthy footnote from her dissent, Jackson said the Thomas opinion asks American society to continue to ignore"the elephant in the room — the race-linked disparities that continue to impede achievement of our great Nation’s full potential."
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