justice sotomayer called the opinion devastating adding today's decision exacerbates segregation and diminishes the in inclusivity of our nation's institutions. it ignores the reality of race. >> court has effectively ended affirmative action in college add missions and i strongly agree. >> reporter: the biden administration backed to skools and arguments if favor of using race in the admission's process. the president vowed to task it with reviewing all kinds of admissions preferences including for students whose family members attended the universities they applied to. >> let's bring in the co-author of the new book, great to have you on. despite what justice sotomayer said, this all comes down to americans being treated as individuals, not as groups. is that a fair assessment? >> i think you hit it exactly right. what the court said today, is that the constitution is color blind. our constitution does not know classes of citizens. it treats all of us as individuals. this is a principle that was announced in the declaration of independence. it's a principle we fought for in the civ

>> so justice sotomayer is reading her dissent. she is reading from her dissent. i want to read you more of what it says. she says the devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated. the majority's vision of race neutrality will entrench racial segregation in higher ed. because racial inequality will persist so long as it is ignored. you talk about the plaintiffs in this case, the students, and applicants or asian-americans who said they were hurt by the use of race. justice gorsuch during the arguments said what do you say to asian-american students who have been told by the coaches that help people to do applications to try to get into ivy league schools they've been told to hide their ethnicity as asian-american students. what do you say to them as the government argued about this. justice sotomayor sees it a different way and says the court's unjust filed exercise of power that. it will serve to highlight the court's own impotence in the face of an america who cries for equality. the cries for equality are resounding. so she thinks they are clearly o