Missouri AG Demands Immediate Crackdown Against Affirmative Action

A note sent to Missouri colleges hopes to overturn more than a generation of standard practice . . . Here's the word as educators scramble for a reply . . . 

From our vantage . . . This move might not have any immediate consequence but in the long run it will influence decision-making as legal consequences no longer threaten employers & universities for failing to achieve diversity.

Here's the word . . . 

Andrew Bailey, the state’s Republican attorney general, sent a letter Thursday (the same day the decision came down) to colleges in the state, public and private, telling them they had no more time . . . (To study a recent SCOTUS decision)

“In recent years, the Supreme Court has created confusion by acknowledging that racial classifications are presumptively unconstitutional while simultaneously upholding so-called ‘affirmative action’ college admission programs that systemically disfavor applicants because of race,” he said. “Today’s Supreme Court decisions against Harvard and the University of North Carolina resolve this previous contradiction.”

Specifically, Bailey said, “institutions in Missouri must implement the Supreme Court’s decisions immediately. In today’s rulings, the court held that there are no legitimate reliance interests created by past rulings that seemed to bless affirmative action. There is thus no justification for Missouri institutions to ‘grandfather’ in existing programs that disfavor applicants based on race. All Missouri programs that make admitting decisions by disfavoring individuals based on race—not just college admissions, but also scholarships, employment, law reviews, etc.—must immediately adopt race-blind standards.”

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Missouri attorney general orders colleges to drop minority scholarships

Missouri attorney general tells all colleges to drop minority scholarships. University of Missouri system complies. In the wake of Thursday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional, many colleges issued statements. Most said that they disagreed with the ruling, but they would follow the law.