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Edward Blum’s group used Asian Americans for display to serve a longstanding anti-affirmative action agenda

The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term

States have enacted more election-related bills this year than at this point last year. In case you missed it, yesterday we released our exclusive report looking back at election administration legislation data from January-May. 

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservatives were solidly in control as they ended this year's term with major rulings against college affirmative action and President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan while upholding a Christian web designer's right to refuse work involving gay marriages.

The court’s two Black justices stand poles apart ideologically in their stinging, personal opinions on race-conscious admissions

There have always been impassioned dissents, but it's rare for the justices to argue the way regular people argue.

Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s two Black justices sparred over the meaning and impact of race in dueling opinions on the majority’s decision to curtail affirmative action programs at universities.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disappoints —again.

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.

Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday's Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education