The US Supreme Court ruled that using race as a condition of ensuring diversity is wrong. The Chief Justice summed it up perfectly when he said, "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
This is another example of liberals being confused and taking their eye off the ball. The issue at hand is not strictly liberal vs. conservative, although the media would have you believe so by identifying the justices in the majority as conservative, and refering to the dissenting justices as liberal. The make up of the Supreme Court is 4 conservative/constitutionalists, 3 liberal/ social activists, 1 moderate/constitutionalist, and 1 moderate/social activist. So while the article may be technically correct in assigning the labels "liberal" and "conservative", those political stances are virtually insignificant when examining the ideological differences at play.
The ideological split is that 5 of the justices see themselves being the final arbiters in determining if laws and decisions are based on a firm constitutional foundation. The other 4 see themselves as legislators without accountability.
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