Republicans Laud, Democrats Lament Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling

Politicians from both sides of the political aisle spoke out regarding the Supreme Court’s historic June 29 Affirmative Action ruling with support and condemnation.
The decision struck down the use of racially based admission policies in the United States, ending the so-called affirmative action in higher education.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a tweet saying he agreed with the ruling and including a portion of Chief Justice John Roberts’s majority decision (pdf) which summed up the legal and moral rationale for the court’s ruling: “The student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual-not on the basis of race….}