Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit.

Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.”

“People with extraordinary ability and everything else necessary for success, including future greatness for our country, are finally being rewarded,” he said in a news release from his campaign. “This is the ruling everyone was waiting and hoping for, and the result was amazing.”

The court’s justices voted on two separate cases, 6-2 and 6-3, to outlaw discriminatory admissions practices at U.S. colleges. The cases involved policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. An appeal has already been filed. The decision forces institutions of higher learning “to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies,” The Associated Press said.