The students aggrieved by TJ’s racialist admissions policy asked the Supreme Court to review the court of appeals decision. However, by a vote of 7-2, the Court declined to do so.
Only Justices Alito and Thomas dissented. All three of Donald Trump’s nominees voted not to hear the case — the wimps.
The Court’s refusal to hear the case doesn’t mean it agrees with the Fourth Circuit’s decision. It might or it might not.
What it does mean is that the Court is willing, as of now, to let stand admissions practices that are blatantly racialist. Having struck down the discriminatory policies of Harvard and North Carolina, the Court apparently has no stomach to ensure its decision has general effect.
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