Court Opinion

ID: 9515870
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 23:07:34.391886+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:09:04.324389
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Justice SCALIA, concurring.
  

   I adhere to the view I expressed in
   
    Grutter v. Bollinger
   
   : "The Constitution proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state-provided education is no exception."
   
    539 U.S. 306
   
   , 349,
   
    123 S.Ct. 2325
   
   ,
   
    156 L.Ed.2d 304
   
   (2003) (opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part). The petitioner in this case did not ask us to overrule
   
    Grutter
   
   's holding that a "compelling interest" in the educational benefits of diversity can justify racial preferences in university admissions. Tr. of Oral Arg. 8-9. I therefore join the Court's opinion in full.