In their dissent, the three progressive justices made false claims about health disparities between blacks and whites, inaccurately claiming that black babies are much less likely to survive with a white physician (a claim debunked in the National Review, Daily Signal, and other sources), and falsely implying that racial minorities in general have shorter life spans than whites (in fact, Hispanics and Asians typically live longer than whites).

The three progressive justices simply ignored the plain language of the civil-rights laws, which ban racial discrimination against anyone, even whites and Asians. Racial discrimination in college admissions violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which states that “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson claimed in her dissent, which was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, “race-linked health inequities pervad[e] nearly every index of human health” resulting “in an overall reduced life expectancy for racial and ethnic minorities that cannot be explained by genetics.”

That is bunk.