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1:04Now PlayingSupreme Court ends affirmative action in college admissions | USA TODAY
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1:04Now PlayingThe ruling involves the University of North Carolina and Harvard, who use race in their application process.
RELATEDPresident Biden criticizes SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action admissions policies used by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina to diversify their campuses, a decision with enormous consequences not only for higher education but also the American workplace.
In one of its most closely watched cases this year, the court ruled along ideological lines that the way the two nationally recognized colleges approached race violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The decision drew a sharp rebuke from the court's liberal wing, who said it rolled "decades of precedent and momentous progress."
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