The Future of Affirmative Action: Divided Justices and Implications for Women and Military Admissions.

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor, who both benefited from affirmative action initiatives, have taken opposing positions on the future of the policy in college admissions. The court's conservative majority, led by Thomas, appears ready to change course and rule that race cannot be a determinative factor in admissions. Sotomayor, the court's only Latina member, has called the use of race in college admissions an extension of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Both justices share a belief in equality and the power of education, but are deeply divided on the law and the future of affirmative action in America.