Political Quotes

“Thank you, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus- McCormick and Congressman Jonathan Jackson, for co-chairing tonight's Special Order Hour. I rise today with my colleagues of the Congressional Black Caucus to address the recent Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and UNC. The Supreme Court determined in a 6-3 vote that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violated Title Six of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court's decision to strike down decades of precedent set in the Bakke case in 1978, which gave students--regardless of their race or ethnicity--a better chance at equal admissions to our nation's top schools was a needless blow to America's promise of equal and fair opportunity. We have to be clear on what this decision means for the legacy of the Court and what this decision will mean for race-conscious admissions policies across our country. By delivering a decision on affirmative action so radical as to deny young people seeking an education equal opportunity in our education system, the Supreme Court has thrown into question its own legitimacy.…”