Today we're talking about the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action, widespread

protests in France over a police shooting, a perfect baseball game, and other top news

for Friday, June 30th.

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Charles Spurgeon.

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Decisions decisions.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action at Harvard and the University

of North Carolina, the nation's oldest private and public colleges.

Affirmative action in higher education is the practice of considering race as a factor

in admissions to create a more racially diverse student body.

The court has historically upheld race-conscious admissions, but the group's students for

fair admissions argued the practice allows universities to discriminate against white

and Asian American students.

Six of the nine Supreme's agreed along ideological lines.

Critics say this will jeopardize the representation of black, Latino, and other minority students

and perpetuate racial inequity.

The high court also unanimously ruled in favor of a Christian postal worker who refused

to deliver Amazon packages on Sunday for religious reasons, saying employers need to go

further in accommodating faith-based requests in the workplace.

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