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Cite as:  600 U. S. ____ (2023) 

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JACKSON, J., dissenting 

The Court has come to rest on the bottom-line conclusion 
that racial diversity in higher education is only worth po-
tentially preserving insofar as it might be needed to prepare
Black  Americans  and  other  underrepresented  minorities
for success in the bunker, not the boardroom (a particularly
awkward place to land, in light of the history the majority 
opts  to  ignore).106  It  would  be  deeply  unfortunate  if  the 
Equal Protection Clause actually demanded this perverse,
ahistorical, and counterproductive outcome.  To impose this
result in that Clause’s name when it requires no such thing, 
and to thereby obstruct our collective progress toward the
full realization of the Clause’s promise, is truly a tragedy 
for us all. 

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potential consequences of the [majority’s] approach, as measured against 
the Constitution’s objectives . . . provides further reason to believe that 
the [majority’s] approach is legally unsound.”  Parents Involved in Com-
munity Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1, 551 U. S. 701, 858 (2007) 
(Breyer, J., dissenting).  I fear that the Court’s folly brings our Nation to 
the brink of coming “full circle” once again.  Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. 
Bakke, 438 U. S. 265, 402 (1978) (opinion of Marshall, J.). 

106 Compare ante, at 22, n. 4, with ante, at 22–30, and supra, at 3–4, 

and nn. 2–3.