Writing's on the Wall

In a 5-4 decision, the SCOTUS struck down voluntary integration plans in Seattle & Louisville, holding it was unconstitutional to use race as a criteria in deciding which high schools kids could get into. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, et al. While these cases only affected K-12 grades, in the very near future, affirmative action, as it pertains to higher education, will be a thing of the past. With a stab at Alito & Roberts, Justice Breyer summed it up best: "Never in the history of the court have so few done so much so quickly."