The Supreme Court's session closes with blockbuster rulings, handing conservatives victories

on religious rights, the president's student loan forgiveness plan, and affirmative action.

We will not be judged solely by the color of our skin.

It is a complete misnomer to suggest this is about colorblind.

It is about being blind to history.

Over the left, one stand out when came in election law.

We look at the decisions and what they mean next.

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I'm Lisa Desjardins.

The Supreme Court is now on summer break, but leaving us quite a wake, a series of historic

rulings with far-reaching consequences for race, education, and elections in America.

For the second year in a row, the Roberts Court overturned years of legal precedent and

ruled against a widespread practice conservatives have long sought to end.

This year, it was affirmative action.

The Justices ruled Thursday that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina's

consideration of an applicant's race in college admissions is unconstitutional.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority's opinion saying, the student must be treated

based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race.

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in the dissenting opinion, wrote, this court stands in the

way and rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.

Reaction to the ruling was swift and along party lines.

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