Several hours after the Supreme Court decided against discrimination in colleges, the building had to be evacuated on Thursday. This was due to a “suspicious parcel.”
One individual was detained.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court invalidated the discriminatory “Affirmative Action” programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
The Harvard case was decided by the US Supreme Court 6-2, with liberal justice Ketanji Brown Jackson voting no. The University of North Carolina case received a 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court.
On Thursday afternoon, US Capitol Police issued a statement:
“With regard to a questionable package, we are helping the Supreme Court police. We also play a part in maintaining the area’s safety with a great deal of precaution.”
“Although we are unable to divulge any more details concerning the case of another agency, we intend to keep the public informed of our role.”
The nearby roadways were afterward reopened by Capitol Police since numerous nearby roadways got shut down during the inquiry.
Both the Harvard admissions decisions and the University of North Carolina public college decisions were decided across the court’s ideological lines.
Harvard is the oldest private institution in the country. Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson withdrew from the Harvard case since she served on the institution’s governing body.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority judgment, stated the following:
“Colleges have concluded, mistakenly, that the touchstone of a person’s identity is not difficulties overcome, talents developed, or lessons discovered, but the pigmentation of their skin. Our constitutional background forbids such a decision.”
Affirmative action critic Justice Clarence Thomas referred to the schools’ admissions policies as rudderless, race-based biases intended to guarantee a specific ethnic mix among the entering classes.
According to Roberts, colleges and universities may still take into account applicants’ admissions essays that reflect their own racial experiences.