The high court ruled 6-3 on Thursday in favor of banning the consideration of race as part of admissions decisions at colleges, including Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the six-member majority, effectively undoing the landmark 1978 case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which upheld race-conscious admissions at universities.
The NRSC also condemned Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , whom the organization claimed"immediately attacked the Supreme Court and called for race-based college admissions to be reinstated" with their initial reactions to the ruling. Biden emphasized that affirmative action did not mean unqualified applicants were being admitted and encouraged colleges and higher education institutions to continue considering"the adversity a student has overcome." He repeated that racism exists in the country.