Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Criticized for Comments Supporting Affirmative Action

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s critical take on the Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action policies and bar schools from applying race-based criteria to admissions has faced an outpouring of criticism online.
The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision on June 29 revived a strict interpretation of the 14th Amendment to make clear that equal treatment under the law bars discrimination based on race, even when that discrimination gives a leg up to groups considered “marginalized” or “underrepresented” in public life in some respect.
Some, like former President Donald Trump, hailed the decision as a step toward a race-blind, merit-based system of college admissions that prevents discrimination against those with extraordinary abilities….}