Supreme Court Case on Affirmative Action, Explained

Jun 29, 2023 5.5 mins

Carmen Daugherty, Deputy Executive Director, Advancement Project explains the affirmative action SCOTUS decision against a teal background.

Today, by a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court undermined equal opportunity in higher education by holding that the UNC Chapel Hill and Harvard College affirmative action programs, which consider race as one factor of many as part of a holistic admissions process, violated the Equal Protection Clause. We asked our friends at the Advancement Project to help us understand what this case means for the future of affirmative action, what is at stake and what we can do. Watch as Carmen Daugherty, Deputy Executive Director, Advancement Project helps us place the case and the subsequent decision of the Court in historical and contemporary context, understand the implications and possible courses of action.