, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority struck down race-conscious admission programs adopted by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina as violations of the 14Amendment’s equal protection clause. In doing so, the court’s conservative supermajority both ignored that the Framers of the 14that make a mockery of the constitutional promise of equal citizenship.
The actthat citizens “of every race and color … shall have the same right … to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens.
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