Justices´ past affirmative action views, in their own words

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Affirmative action was a "door opener that changed the course of my life," she has said.
57% : The liberal Sotomayor has repeatedly and proudly said that she's a "product of affirmative action."
55% : On the court, Sotomayor has defended affirmative action, most strongly perhaps in a 2014 case in which her colleagues upheld a Michigan affirmative action ban passed in the wake of the court's Grutter decision.
53% : A Supreme Court that is the most diverse in history will hear two cases Monday challenging the use of affirmative action in higher education.
53% : The Obama administration took positions supporting affirmative action.
51% : Three of the court's six conservatives are on record opposing affirmative action policies while one of the court's liberals has been a passionate defender.
51% : KETANJI BROWN JACKSONJackson, who earlier this year became the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, could have a lot to say on the topic of affirmative action.
49% : What members of the court have said previously about affirmative action and what to watch for during Monday's arguments:CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS
46% : Still, at the time, groups pointed to a 1999 Wall Street Journal article Kavanaugh wrote as evidence he would oppose affirmative action.
34% : The court's second Black justice is also its most outspoken opponent of affirmative action and has said that his law degree from Yale was "tainted" because people assumed was admitted to the school because of affirmative action.
31% : The court's remaining three conservatives, all appointed by President Donald Trump, have no track record on affirmative action.
20% : In his 17 years leading the court Roberts has repeatedly opposed affirmative action policies and criticized race-based categorizations.

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