Florida ditched affirmative action years ago; here's how it worked out

Years before the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in higher education, Florida unilaterally banned the use of race as a factor in college admissions.

"A benefit to a student whose herit­age or culture motivated him or her to assume a leadership role or attain a particular goal must be tied to that student's unique ability to contribute to the university," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court's majority opinion. Aaron Kliegman is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital. 

In other words, the student must be treated based on his or her ex­periences as an individual — not on the basis of race.