Yesterday the US Supreme Court made a decision that was quite shocking to most people

who actually follow the court closely.

Although to understand this decision, as well as the implications that it has for the whole nation I need to give

you a bit of backstory here to start with there's a school located about 20 minutes outside of

Washington DC called the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

This school offers classes from 9th to 12th grade and two years ago it was nationally ranked

as the number one best public high school in America at least according to the US news and world report

It's basically what's known as a magnet school there are 1900 seats available and

talented students apply to get in based on merit.

However, like most schools of this type

here in America, the Thomas Jefferson High School

for Science and Technology, they had

what the administration considered a problem.

That's because the demographics of the student body in that high school they did not reflect

the demographics of the general population.

There was not enough black students and there were too many Asian students.

Now in a normal meritocratic society where race is not really a factor,

this wouldn't be a problem. However, in the year 2020, I mean it's the backdrop of

the BLM movement, the School Board of Fairfax County, they made the decision to change their admissions criteria in order to rebalance the demographics of the student body.

Now in terms of the actual admissions process, here is how the change manifested in practical terms.

Quote, the school board stopped requiring a $100 application fee and standardized

tests for admission. It also adopted a holistic review process that considers

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