Today is Saturday, July 1st. It's official now. The US Supreme Court ruled affirmative action in

college admissions is unconstitutional. It was a six to three vote late this week,

banning colleges and universities from considering race as a factor in the admissions process.

We spoke more about the details of the ruling in yesterday's news roundup,

but today we want to go back and review what these cases were about and the wide-reaching

impact of this decision. So we're replaying the conversations we had just back in April.

At the time, most people expected this outcome already. And as you'll hear from the director

of admissions at the University of Connecticut, many have already been preparing. But first,

I chat with Supreme Court reporter Amy Howe. She's a contributor for SCOTUS blog and also covers

cases on her own blog called Howe on the Court. In our conversation, you'll hear more about the

history of affirmative action, and what questions still remain for the future.

Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday. When we sat down with a different

expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news, don't forget to tune in

every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes, where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes.

I'm Air Commandy. It's now time for today's Special Edition Saturday.

Amy, thank you so much for joining us here on the Newsworthy.

Thanks so much for having me on. So the Supreme Court is looking at two cases that

challenge affirmative action. But before we get into those, can you first briefly explain the

history of the most recent Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action?

The key one that's really at issue right now is a case called Grudder versus Ballinger, that

dates back to 2003. And the court ruled in that case that the University of Michigan law school

could consider race in its admissions process as part of its efforts to assemble a diverse student

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