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deminks

(11,526 posts)
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 10:55 AM Jun 2023

Once again, SCOTUS is out of step with American people

MSNBC just had a poll showing 63% said no when asked if SCOTUS should ban Affirmative Action.

Not gonna boost confidence in the court. Will colleges just ignore them? They will get sued no matter what.

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bucolic_frolic

(55,177 posts)
1. I wonder if the best hope is that AI and data analytic skills
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 10:57 AM
Jun 2023

which almost everyone can learn, render elite college degrees less useful? I mean one advantage is hard-working people can't live a life of sloth and privilege.

Kaleva

(40,365 posts)
3. They don't go by what the majority of people think
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 11:08 AM
Jun 2023

Otherwise, we could just eliminate the courts and go by polls.

Celerity

(54,444 posts)
4. In 2020, my state, the deep blue California, voted by a big margin to keep affirmative action banned
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 11:44 AM
Jun 2023


Polybius

(21,905 posts)
7. That's why the poll the OP references confuses me
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 12:00 PM
Jun 2023

How could 63% support it nationwide, and in liberal Cali only 43% want it back?

Johonny

(26,201 posts)
5. Most companies now have diversity hiring practices
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 11:45 AM
Jun 2023

This is completely out of step with corporate America.

OrlandoDem2

(3,235 posts)
6. I'm so angry about the election of 2016! This is why everyone MUST vote in every election for the
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 11:57 AM
Jun 2023

Democrat up and down the ballot!!

Because Hillary lost we lost abortion rights and affirmative for university admission.

Trump has a direct role in all this!!

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