<p>The US Supreme Court and its Conversative heavy bench of judges on Monday signalled that it may not be in favour of universities enrolling students based on their skin colour.</p>

<p>Reportedly, the 6-3 conservative majority court was hearing a case filed by activist Edward Blum challenging the lower court ruling of upholding race-conscious admission policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Justice Samuel Alito, during the five-hour hearing, said giving an advantage to a student based on race put the other student at disadvantage.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"So what is your response to the simple argument that college admissions are a zero-sum game?&nbsp;And if you give a 'plus' to a person who falls within the category of under-represented minority, but not to somebody else, you're disadvantaging the latter student?"</p>

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<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the two Black justices said she didn't even understand the word diversity.&nbsp;</p>

<p data-testid="paragraph-5">"I've heard the word 'diversity' quite a few times and I don't have a clue what it means. I don't put much stock in that because I've heard similar arguments in favor of segregation, too," said&nbsp;Thomas.</p>

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<p data-testid="paragraph-5">Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was added to the bench during Trump's rule said&nbsp;"these racial classifications are potentially dangerous and must have a logical end point."</p>

<p data-testid="paragraph-5">Notably,&nbsp;Harvard and UNC, USA's&nbsp;oldest private and public universities, respectively employ race as a criterion to try to ensure that minorities, particularly African Americans, are represented in the student body.&nbsp;</p>

<p data-testid="paragraph-5">However, during the hearing, the two universities argued that race was only one criterion amongst other parameters such as&nbsp;academic merit, athletics and extracurricular.&nbsp;</p>

<p data-testid="paragraph-5">Given the statement by the judges, it looks highly probable that the SC may strike down affirmative action. After&nbsp;invalidating the famous "Roe v. Wade" ruling from 1973 that protected a woman's right to an abortion, this ruling could potentially generate a similar discourse.&nbsp;</p>

<p data-testid="paragraph-5">Affirmative action is prohibited at public institutions in nine states, including California, where voters rejected a 2020 attempt to reinstate the practice after doing so in a ballot measure in 1996.&nbsp;</p>

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The US Supreme Court and its Conversative heavy bench of judges on Monday signalled that it may not be in favour of universities enrolling students based on their skin colour.

The US Supreme Court and its Conversative heavy bench of judges on Monday signalled that it may not be in favour of universities enrolling students based on their skin colour. Reportedly, the 6-3 conservative majority court was hearing a case filed by activist Edward Blum challenging the lower court ruling of upholding race-conscious admission policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Justice Samuel Alito, during the five-hour hearing, said giving an advantage to a student based on race put the other student at disadvantage. "So what is your response to the simple argument that college admissions are a zero-sum game? And if you give a 'plus' to a person who falls within the category of under-represented minority, but not to somebody else, you're disadvantaging the latter student?" WATCH | Gravitas: Why has US failed to fight racism? × Meanwhile, Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the two Black justices said she didn't even understand the word diversity. "I've heard the word 'diversity' quite a few times and I don't have a clue what it means. I don't put much stock in that because I've heard similar arguments in favor of segregation, too," said Thomas. Read more: US Supreme Court to decide on race-based admissions in top universities Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was added to the bench during Trump's rule said "these racial classifications are potentially dangerous and must have a logical end point." Notably, Harvard and UNC, USA's oldest private and public universities, respectively employ race as a criterion to try to ensure that minorities, particularly African Americans, are represented in the student body. However, during the hearing, the two universities argued that race was only one criterion amongst other parameters such as academic merit, athletics and extracurricular. Given the statement by the judges, it looks highly probable that the SC may strike down affirmative action. After invalidating the famous "Roe v. Wade" ruling from 1973 that protected a woman's right to an abortion, this ruling could potentially generate a similar discourse. Affirmative action is prohibited at public institutions in nine states, including California, where voters rejected a 2020 attempt to reinstate the practice after doing so in a ballot measure in 1996. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

US Supreme Court not in favour of race-based admissions in top universities

<p>Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/shootout-at-north-carolina-university-2-dead-214892">left two people dead and four others</a> injured, three critically, on Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.</p>

<p>Local media have identified the man as 22-year old Trystan Terrell. Police were seen escorting Terrell into custody.</p>

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<p>Official details of the shooting remained unclear, but campus Police chief Jeff Baker said emergency dispatch received a call late in the afternoon about an individual armed with a pistol who had shot several students.</p>

<p>Television station WBTV in Charlotte reported that gunfire erupted about 5:45 pm (2145 GMT) near the university's Kennedy Hall administrative building and that one person had been arrested.</p>

<p>Two or three campus police officers responding to the call entered the building, disarmed the suspect and took the individual into custody. Neither the suspect's identity nor sex had been immediately disclosed by police.</p>

<p>There was no word on the condition of the wounded victims.</p>

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Video footage posted to social media showed students evacuating campus buildings with their hands raised as police officers ran past them toward the scene of the shooting.</p>

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According to its website, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte enrolls more than 26,500 students and employees 3,000 faculty and staff.</p>


Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left two people dead and four others injured, three critically, on Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left two people dead and four others injured, three critically, on Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Local media have identified the man as 22-year old Trystan Terrell. Police were seen escorting Terrell into custody. Official details of the shooting remained unclear, but campus Police chief Jeff Baker said emergency dispatch received a call late in the afternoon about an individual armed with a pistol who had shot several students. Television station WBTV in Charlotte reported that gunfire erupted about 5:45 pm (2145 GMT) near the university's Kennedy Hall administrative building and that one person had been arrested. Two or three campus police officers responding to the call entered the building, disarmed the suspect and took the individual into custody. Neither the suspect's identity nor sex had been immediately disclosed by police. There was no word on the condition of the wounded victims. Video footage posted to social media showed students evacuating campus buildings with their hands raised as police officers ran past them toward the scene of the shooting. According to its website, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte enrolls more than 26,500 students and employees 3,000 faculty and staff.

Police arrest suspect in University of North Carolina shooting; 2 killed

Two people have been killed and four others wounded - two with life-threatening injuries - in a shooting at the University of North Carolina. UNC Charlotte issued a campus lockdown late on Tuesday afternoon, saying shots had been fired. Later in the evening, the campus was declared secure after a suspect was taken into custody.

Two dead in shoot out at North Carolina university campus