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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/670/aa_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Antonin Scalia Trends After Comments on Affirmative Action' data-article-id='1043'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11417'>The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in an important case on affirmative action at universities.</span> <span data-start-time='11417' data-end-time='28521'>Affirmative action is the practice of improving educational opportunities for members of groups that were not treated fairly in the past because of race, gender or other factors.</span> <span data-start-time='28521' data-end-time='41313'>This case is debating whether race-based affirmative action at universities is legal under the U.S. Constitution.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='41313' data-end-time='59021'>During oral arguments on the case Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia questioned the benefit of admitting more African-American students to elite colleges.</span> <span data-start-time='59021' data-end-time='77438'>He went on to say that most black scientists in this country have come “from lesser schools, where they don’t feel that they’re being pushed ahead in classes that are too too fast for them.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='77438' data-end-time='84354'>His comments sent social media into a heated debate.</span> <span data-start-time='84354' data-end-time='99438'>The editor of Essence magazine tweeted: If I listened to #Scalia I never would have applied to and graduated from 2 Ivy League schools. </span> <span data-start-time='99438' data-end-time='103958'>This level of ignorance is dangerous.”</span> <span data-start-time='103958' data-end-time='117813'>At the same time #Scalia trended on Twitter in the United States, #13thamendment was also a trending topic. </span> <span data-start-time='117813' data-end-time='131896'>The U.S. marked the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment with a ceremony Wednesday at the Capitol building. </span> <span data-start-time='131896' data-end-time='137333'>The 13th amendment formally abolished slavery.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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