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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in a decision on Thursday.
The decision bars colleges and universities from running race-conscious admission programs.
"Many universities have for too long ... concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual's identity is not challenges bested, skills built or lessons learned, but the color of their skin," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. "Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice."
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