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Two recent Supreme Court rulings — one ending affirmative action in university admissions and another vetoing Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan — have been lambasted by progressives as yet more evidence that the judicial branch is wrecking America. But there is a silver lining to almost everything, and I can see one here. The Supreme Court has unwittingly elevated the issue of income inequality, and the need for class-based educational reform in the US.
Let’s start with the first ruling, outlawing affirmative action, which has for more than half a century allowed colleges to admit more minority students on the basis of race. Certainly, this has helped more people of colour into top schools, which is a good thing. But the dirty little secret of affirmative action is that colleges also…
