Supreme Court Hears Cases about Use of Race in RedistrictingWASHINGTON * The Supreme Court is returning to the familiarintersection of race and politics, in...Sherman, Mark
The Supreme Court on Thursday set new limits on affirmative action programs in cases involving whether public and private colleges and universities can continue to use race as one factor among many in student admissions. The court held, in a 6-3 opinion for the conservative majority written by ...
The cases were bundled together but then broken apart to allow the court's newest justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to participate in the one concerning UNC-Chapel Hill. Jackson was once part of a Harvard board and recused herself in that case. Lower courts have ruled the two universities ...
That, in essence, explains how we got to the point where we are now,with the court considering two key casesconcerning race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As civil rights lawyerSherrilyn Ifill explain...
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Washington —The Supreme Court will consider a pair of cases involving the use of race in admissions processes at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, it said Monday. With the decision to take up the bids brought by students who applied to the schools, members of the orga...
The current Supreme Court justices, under Chief Justice John Roberts, might strike the final blow against the Voting Rights Act, whether it’s in this case or a future one. But they didn’t strike the first blow. According to a FiveThirtyEight analysis of Supreme Court cases involving the ...
The Supreme Court is taking up some major education issues, from transgender protections to school choice, over its next term. The conservative-leaning high court is set to consider another effort from President Biden regarding student loans, among other high-profile cases, and may yet add more ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court justices originally heard these challenges to race-conscious admissions in October intwo cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The lawsuits argued that admiss...