Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Friday, the 30th

of June, 2023.

Today, what the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action means for universities

and beyond, plus a final report on reparations for Black Californians is released, and where

do we stand on gun violence in America?

The Supreme Court yesterday struck down affirmative action policies at two major American colleges,

Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

The decision scrambles a decade's old effort to diversify campuses, and it may even have

ramifications for the American workforce.

USA Today's Supreme Court correspondent John Fritzie has more.

Welcome back to the program, John.

Hey, thanks for having me.

So John, this was a big decision.

What exactly did the court decide here?

Big but not particularly unexpected.

You know, the court has been, I think, heading in this direction for some time.

Certainly Chief Justice Roberts has articulated an animosity toward race-based policies for decades.

And so in that sense, it wasn't a huge surprise, but it's interesting because listeners know

this is a case that looks at admission policies at Harvard University and University of North

Carolina that consider race as one of many factors, and the reason why they did it that way

was because the Supreme Court told them they could do it that way.

For many decades, and most recently in 2003 precedent.

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