Groups Feel Sting of SCOTUS Decisions

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Among multiple decisions that have been viewed as attacks on the rights of people of color and marginalized groups, the Supreme Court issued the death knell to affirmative action on June 29, and the following day, blocked President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, which aimed to provide up to $20,000 in relief to millions of borrowers.

Striking Down Affirmative Action

As she watched her conservative majority colleagues on the high court strike down the value and lawfulness of affirmative action last Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote another masterpiece to express her dissent Jackson’s disapproval could easily be summed up in a single and precise senSUPREME COURT Page 28