SFFA Celebrates End of Affirmative Action

‘NEW CHAPTER.’ Anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions commended the Court’s decision, representing a victory in a nine-year legal battle by the organization and its for racial classifications,” Blum added. “For those in leadership positions at public and private universities, you have an obligation to follow the letter and the spirit of the law.” SFFA first filed suit against Harvard in 2014, alleging that tive action by military academies — which the Court noted its ruling does not address — Mortara, the SFFA senior counsel, said the group is “still digesting” the decision and did not comment on future plans. SFFA board member Kenny history of Asian Americans in the United States.

“The opinion issued today by the United States Supreme Court marks the beginning of the restoration of the colorblind legal covenant that binds together our multi-racial, multi-ethnic nation,” SFFA president Edward J. Blum said at the conference.

“It marks the promise of a new beginning, a resurgence of the principles of the American Dream, and a return to the egalitarian principles for all in this shining city upon a hill,” Yang

American organizations that support SFFA’s legal challenge and has written five amicus briefs backing SFFA — issued a statement titled “A Historic Victory for Asian and All Americans,” which affirms the court’s ruling and calls for “concrete measures” to address the “root causes of the

“Today we finally see that the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have provided equal protection of the laws to our communities,” AACE president Yukong Mike Zhao said. “This is a historic victory for Asian Americans, because our children will no longer be treated as second-class citizens in college admissions.”

The decision against Harvard concludes a nine-year effort by SFFA to strike down affirmative action, including rulings by two lower courts to uphold Harvard’s race-conscious admissions poliFederal judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled in Harvard’s favor in 2019, writing that “Harvard’s admissions program is narrowly tailored to achieve a diverse class and the benefits that flow there -

SFFA immediately appealed the decision to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which also upheld Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy in 2020.

The Supreme Court accepted SFFA’s petition to review the case in January 2022. Justices heard oral arguments in October and issued a single decision on both