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<p class="story-meta__authors">By <span class="vcard"><span>POLITICO Staff</span></span></p><p class="story-meta__timestamp">
<time datetime="2023-06-29 10:23:58">06/29/2023 10:23 AM EDT</time>
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<p class="story-text__paragraph ">The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against affirmative action, striking down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.</p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph ">The judges ruled the universities discriminated against white and Asian American applicants by using race-conscious admissions policies that benefited applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.</p>
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<p class="story-text__paragraph "><a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000189-077b-dc05-a1f9-477fba170000" class=" js-tealium-tracking " target="_blank" data-tracking="mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=">Read the ruling here</a>.</p>


The court ruled 6-3 against race-conscious admissions programs in higher education.{ai:summary}<p>The Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in higher education, ruling that race-conscious admissions policies discriminate against white and Asian American applicants. #education</p>

Read the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action

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