text: While affirmative action laws do still exist, US states can and do pass laws rejecting affirmative action. This is one reason (among many) that Buttigieg is promoting national policies to stop discrimination. The State of Washington only recently repealed its 20-year ban on affirmative action. URL Nine US states banned affirmative action. "Texas's ban was reversed by a Supreme Court decision in 2003, leaving eight states that currently ban the policy." URL-center-chalkboard/2019/04/12/why-might-states-ban-affirmative-action/