Nation reacts to Supreme Court decisions

At the end of its 2022–2023 term, the US Supreme Court handed down two decisions that will affect millions of past, present, and future college students throughout the nation. What is the Supreme Court? The Supreme Court is the nation’s most powerful court of law. It is made up of nine judges (called justices) whose job is to uphold the US Constitution (the country’s highest law). Legal cases go to the Supreme Court after they are argued in lower state or federal courts. The justices listen to both sides and make a final decision by majority vote. What were the decisions? On June 29, the court voted 6–3 to end affirmative action, which is a set of procedures created to give people of all races a fair chance of being…

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