The US Supreme Court Ruled Against a Federal Program That Applied

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a federal program that applied racial criteria in determining media ownership with its decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena. The Supreme Court held that racial criteria could be considered only when the government ______ ?

A) was hoping to resolve a natural condition of inequality in the population
B) had discovered a specific case of discrimination
C) was confronted with the social ill of profiling
D) wished to fulfill the ideal of diversity in the marketplace
E) none of the above