WGBH Two SCOTUS rulings and one Mass. SJC ruling in one day. What do they mean? The court held that “the race-conscious admissions program in use at the time of petitioner’s application is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause.” Northeastern University law professor and WGBH News legal correspondent Daniel Medwed called the court’s decision “surprising”: Many folks thought it would cut 4-3 the other way. Why? Because of Justice Kennedy—that long-standing swing-vote […]