Six Supreme Court justices voted to uphold Michigan’s ballot proposal that amended the state constitution to ban race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reversing a lower court that said the ban burdened minorities.

“[The case] is not about the constitutionality, or the merits, of race-conscious admissions policies in higher education,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the opinion announcing the court’s ruling.

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