Biden says schools shouldn’t abandon variety in wake of Supreme Court resolution

President Biden on Thursday urged schools to not abandon their dedication to variety within the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s resolution putting down affirmative motion packages, ending the systemic consideration of race within the admissions course of.

In remarks from the White House’s Roosevelt Room, Mr. Biden pitched an end-around to the Supreme Court’s resolution. 

He steered faculties undertake a brand new normal that measures the adversity a scholar has needed to overcome, together with lack of monetary means and whether or not they confronted racial discrimination rising up.

Using such a normal, he stated, could be according to the nation’s values and the courtroom ruling.

“Discrimination still exists in America. Today’s opinion does not change that,” Mr. Biden stated as he banged on his lectern.

“I believe our colleges are stronger when they’re racially diverse. Our nation is stronger because we are tapping into the full range of talent in this nation,” he stated.

The Supreme Court dominated Thursday that affirmative motion packages on the University of North Carolina and Harvard violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and, subsequently, are illegal. It was a 6-2 resolution by which Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson recused herself.

Mr. Biden stated the choice “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”

“I strongly, strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” he stated.

The president rapidly turned his focus to schools saying the U.S. can’t forgo its pursuit of extra variety in larger training. 

He stated he would direct the Department of Education to investigate what schools can do going ahead to construct extra various scholar our bodies.

While Mr. Biden vowed that at this time’s ruling just isn’t “the last word” on affirmative motion, there’s little he can do past asking his Education Department to challenge new tips.

Nearly every other motion will probably be met with authorized challenges. 

Mr. Biden has lengthy opposed increasing the Supreme Court, however Thursday’s resolution coupled with final 12 months’s overturning of Roe v. Wade will doubtless enhance calls from Democrats to take action.

As he walked out of the Roosevelt Room, a reporter requested Mr. Biden if the Supreme Court was “broken.”