FLASHBACK: Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS Questions In Landmark Cases That Ended Affirmative Action

In October 2022, Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned lawyers during oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University Of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. On June 29, 2023, Justice Coney Barrett and the other 5 conservative justices struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
READ MORE: www.forbes.com...
Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:
account.forbes...
Stay Connected
Forbes on Facebook: forbes
Forbes Video on Twitter: / forbes
Forbes Video on Instagram: / forbes
More From Forbes: forbes.com

[@TheJagjr4450]

I had a customer in from Estonia and she asked why we have race on every government form? I said "You don't?" She replied "Why would you unless it was going to be used as a deciding factor?" Touche'

[@jerrymiller9039]

I am glad that Trump put her in to help fight against racism.

[@MsTinyLady24]

Becareful what you wish for

[@you21MS]

Trump is a racist!

[@juicycoccoli1604]

Actually, she is part of the problem

[@jerrymiller9039]

@@juicycoccoli1604 Not in reality kiddo, only in your fevered imagination

[@raskltube]

she's awesome

[@Tayl-top]

only cos she is yt?

[@jorgevial131]

Huge win for President Trump's Supreme Court.

[@stp479]

For the nation and for the qualified minorities, who, until this moment, were played as liberal cannon fodder of a broken ideology.

[@cyberash3000]

@@stp479 congratualtions you just made ethical minorities less educated

[@Christobell119]

Huge win for our supreme court.

[@cyberash3000]

@@Christobell119 loss foramerican society and puts them even further behind europe

[@cyberash3000]

@@Christobell119 cos i dont intend EVER paying back my student debt loli dont even pay tax di work cash in hand lolmeaning im not recorded as earning any mone ywhich means i pay nothing back which means the company in america gets nothing from me

[@goosecouple]

Original 1961 JFK Affirmative Action: "Take action to ensure applicants are hired WITHOUT regard to race, creed, color,.." Leftist Affirmative Action: "Take action to ensure applicants are hired WITH regard to race, creed, color,..."

[@chaoticgoat1355]

No comment on JFK, but though it may seem “reverse-racist” to want colleges to consider race and ethnicity, I’d like to explain my thought process and why affirmative action is both not racist and would benefit society. The two subjects of this case are college admissions teams and race, more particularly in this case, racism. Of racism, we’ll separate it into two types; systemic racism (where you grew up, parental situation, income etc…) is quantifiable and can and should be applied to all races. These are what a lot of conservatives propose as an ALTERNATIVE to affirmative action (though I think it should be in addition to it); Mental burden of racism, however, isn’t quantifiable. Reasonable people acknowledge the existence of racial tension, but it DOES have different levels and extremities depending on where someone lives, what media they watch, who they interact with etc… Unfortunately this “mental burden” that effects childrens lives so differently is extremely hard to quantify, leaving the goal of accepting disadvantaged students un achieved and sometimes hurting equally deserving potential students. In my opinion (and I think many agree) is that affirmative action needs to be fixed, but it shouldn’t be done away with, and the idea is not implicitly racist. Furthermore the benefits of accepting a diverse group of students for better discussion via diversity of thought is also a benefit to these policies, although I think that should run along ethnic lines rather than skin color.

[@MethodiousMind]

Let's not forget sex and gender. That's the main thing that affirmative action promoted. Good riddance!

[@stansargeant]

Right wing affirmative action: "Find a negro, I don't care who it is. They're all substandard anyway." 😆

[@freedomfighterletsgobrandon]

@@chaoticgoat1355 Affirmative action should not apply on race, but on socioeconomic factors.

[@thenathanimal2909]

​@@chaoticgoat1355state sanctioned racial discrimination is unacceptable. Also the idea that ethnic diversity in and of itself is good is laughable. It stereotypes, reduces individuals to their ethnicity, and draws distinct lines between people - the exact opposite of what we have been promoting since the civil rights movement. Additionally, the idea that the dozens upon dozens of mono racial nations across the world are inferior and lacking in their endeavors and institutions is amusing.

[@fromnytomd]

Amy Coney Barrett is a PERFECT example of someone who has benefitted immensely from affirmative action.

[@guysmiley8223]

Amy Barrett is a great Amercian. What a HUGE step forward today. Now end white discrimination in Corporate Amercia.

[@georgepratt4988]

White discrimination?? Give me a couple of examples where that’s a thing across the board of Corp America.

[@ferdberfil8224]

Meritocracy. Content of character.

[@stansargeant]

Although I strongly agree, it's not that simple. We first had to address social bias. For example, prior to forced racial inclusion, it was believed that black people were inferior athletes. Hitler's Olympics served to correct that assumption. However, instead of being proud of the black athletes who brought the US to victory, the athletes were met with distain. The US president refused to congratulate them, out of fear of losing southern voters. The star athlete, Jessie Owens was barred from participating in subsequent athletic events. It took a lot of effort to get where we are today.

[@Enkidoo]

​@@stansargeantAnd therefore you need to discriminate against Asians?

[@stansargeant]

@@Enkidoo I think that the consideration of complexion and ethnicity in our society is a collective pathology.

[@TheFadingMan]

Great win!

[@bainbridgeisland1]

A brilliant jurist.

[@Tayl-top]

only cos she yt?

[@billhathaway2814]

This is a victory that happened because of President Trump...To put it simply the Presidency of Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. We must send him back to the White House in 2024 so he can finish all the great progress he started...

[@stansargeant]

A lady told me that it was about time that we judge people on merit, as opposed to giving special treatment to minorities through Affirmative Action.Although I agree on a certain level, I don't think that she realised that white women, by number, were the greatest beneficiaries of the policy.

[@you21MS]

Not gonna spend time reaponding to the ignorant: so just f.u.c.k. off.

[@user-uskxnfiw729]

And used to oppress another minority

[@dtsh4451]

If white women are the biggest beneficiaries of AA, shouldn’t black community the first to embrace dismantling of affirmative action since they always feel they are the victim of white supremacy?

[@Rebecca-p7d]

Actor Morgan Freeman said if you want to stop racism, stop talking about it... Now you will always have people who carry hate in their hearts no matter the skin color, hate has to live in the heart to carry out a hateful act. Most people do not carry hate, but you will always have those few that do. Stop trying to paint America as a racist country, we are not. Most Americans show love and compassion for those who are suffering, but you will always have your selfish hate filled people throughout the world not just in the USA..

[@Mollikar]

Its great having her in there because shes too smart to be hoodwinked by Roberts meandering, I imagine hes a bit intimidated by her.

[@johnbrown4568]

Make it happen in your own life people...🤷‍♂

[@stennablue8620]

It's not about the race, but rather the character.

[@supercalifragalistic-z9f]

As a black man in 2023 I think it's bull. We had such a good thing going and we deserved it being the only Melanin complete real humans. Nick cannon for prez.

[@johnjean8743]

Be serious.

[@paulettewalls1463]

Thank you for the Money you sent at Christmas, that gift of money was a World of difference. Thank you, Notre Dame Mom Supreme Court .

[@jamesparker3189]

There are several types of humans that have nothing to do with race or gender, but I will limit them to three. The first type are humans born with genetics that will lead to a logical thinking adult blessed with common sense reasoning. The second are the humans not blessed with this transition and of whom are left with emotions guiding them through life, which leaves them open to suggestion or to propaganda designed to program them into believing in a certain way. The third are people with sociopathic tendencies, that are incapable of feeling remorse. They are the ones that corrupt society and the reason our political system is corrupt as it is.

[@ap5933]

She’s a wg.

[@paulettewalls1463]

The new Catholic Saint a slave who helped the poor, 2016, is not seeing the poor but interceding as God awaits His Judging. God Judges.

[@ABCXYZ-jk8me]

SUM Scripture: Genesis to Revelation/Apocalypse Summation: Repentant/Worshipers of God go to Heaven Second Coming: Millennial Kingdom of Messiah from Jerusalem

[@LawrenceGoodman-w5q]

Justice Barrett you can polish your silver and 7 Think, sarcasm in private and sarcasm in public in Notre Dame Psychology Department ....as you learn with an Offensive Standard of entertainment.

[@johnjean8743]

I've spent some time trying to decipher your comment to no avail. WTF are you talking about???

[@euphegenia]

B A S E D A C B

[@danielbrian4945]

You can see the devil in her eyes.

[@ASSwipe.]

Does a strong Christian woman scare you that much danny boy?

[@johnjean8743]

Hmmm...I see a smart, articulate jurist.

[@thomashead7528]

Jesus knows what she all about. She is being judged

[@teresakaiser1366]

She’s a liar!

[@joshsmith4512]

shes brilliant, and i bet she knows what a woman is....

[@nunyabiznes4471]

How so? I’m a double minority, Hispanic, and Native American. I find AA to be the biggest crock of BS, all it does is discriminate against people who would otherwise be selected or admitted based on meritocracy. AA also pushes unqualified people into positions they don’t belong in because they under perform, or in the case of college, they cannot get a job in their field, as in the case with a JD degree. Thomas Sowell has pointed out, as have other people, that minorities who get into law school based on anything other than merit, cannot pass the bar and all they end up with is mammoth debt that they struggle to pay off the rest of their lives. That’s the underbelly to AA that no one talks about. And, bonus observation, really smart minorities who would get in based solely on meritocracy, are looked at skeptically as though it’s possible they were picked to fill a quota or “goal” and one wonders as to their capabilities.

[@litozulueta6013]

How’s she lying? She’s the one asking the questions, some of them follow-throughs to questions originally asked by Sotomayor, who voted in the minority.

[@CannabisHemp420]

69th like!