Fact Check: Did Clarence Thomas go to Yale under affirmative action policy?

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas' vote to overturn affirmative action has been called out by SCOTUS critics.

Affirmative action policies at college campuses across the United States were effectively banned this week after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that put an end to years of precedent.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Thomas was among the justices who voted to overturn affirmative action programs at U.S. colleges.Multiple tweets posted between June 29 and June 30, 2023, claimed that Justice Clarence Thomas benefited from an affirmative action program when he studied at Yale in the early 1970s.

 

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