Killing Affirmative Action Is the Easy Part

After the demise of Roe v. Wade, I can’t get all worked up about the two major affirmative action cases—one involving Harvard College, the other University of North Carolina—that were argued before the US Supreme Court on Monday. Compared to eviscerating a woman’s right to abortion, eliminating race as a consideration for college admissions might seem like small fry.

The conservative justices questioned the value of diversity on campuses and, arguably, American society writ large. They seemed eager to kill affirmative action, but don’t appear to consider any next-generation solutions to the ongoing problem of racial inequality ...