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The importance of the trial records in Students for Fair Admissions and 303 Creative

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Plan As Unconstitutional

Ruling challenges government authority and impacts loan providers as demand for refinancing increases

Zenger

Download Edited Version Of SFFA v. Harvard From Barnett/Blackman Supplement

I finished editing the entirety of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. You can download it here: https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Students-for-Fair-Admission.pdf. It took me about ten hours to edit the entire 237-page decision. (I would have finished sooner, but I was stuck in United Airlines purgatory for much of the day.) The edited…

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A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

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.

The Conversation

Biden condemns Supreme Court striking down affirmative action: ‘This is not a normal court’

President Biden strongly disagreed with the Court’s decision saying, ‘We cannot let this decision be the last word’

The Independent UK

Watch as Biden responds to Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action

Watch as Joe Biden speaks on the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action.

The Independent UK

The Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

The Court's core ruling is unsurprising, but its future effects are uncertain.

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Watch view of US Supreme Court after justices strike down affirmative action

Watch a view from outside the US Supreme Court on Thursday 29 June, the day that it announced a decision to strike down raced-based college admissions.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, banning colleges from factoring race in admissions

In a 6 -3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled higher education institutions may not consider race as a factor in admissions

The Independent UK

How America's Growing Diversity Weakens the Case for Racial Preferences in Education

Affirmative action becomes harder to defend when it entails discrimination against a variety of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Reason

Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ's Great Society – affirmative action

Of all the civil rights policies enacted by U.S President Lyndon Johnson, affirmative action is arguably one of the most enduring – and most challenged.

The Conversation

Elon Musk and Mark Cuban get into a new Twitter spat over affirmative action

Twitter owner is apparently unhappy about the decline of the importance of standarised test scores in the higher education admissions process

The Independent UK

A diverse Supreme Court grapples with affirmative action, with its justices of color split sharply on the meaning of 'equal protection'

The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair of cases that could end affirmative action programs that consider race in college admissions.

The Conversation

Leonard Leo funds right-wing SCOTUS push

Leonard Leo, the man behind the right-wing takeover of the courts, is funding groups with cases before the court

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COUNTERPOINT: Americans of every race deserve a fair shot; affirmative action provides one

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Harvard and the University of North Carolina about using race and ethnicity in admissions policies. At stake is the fate of affirmative action and the positive effects that race-conscious policies have had on higher education and the workplace for more than 50 years.

Reason

How a Gorsuch LGBT Ruling May Doom Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The link between Bostock v. Clayton County and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

The Conversation

Conservative US Supreme Court reconsidering affirmative action, leaving the use of race in college admissions on the brink of extinction

The U.S. military learned a valuable lesson about race during the Vietnam War: Diversity does not happen without affirmative action.

WEKU

How the Supreme Court has ruled in the past about affirmative action

Since its first major decision on the subject in 1978, the court has repeatedly upheld universities' ability to consider the race of applicants as one of many factors in admissions decisions.

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The Texas Tribune

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices raise doubts about using race in college admissions

The high court’s conservatives all expressed doubts about the practice, while the three liberals defended the programs, which are similar to those used by many private and public universities.

Reason

The Supreme Court Could End Affirmative Action

In the two cases, brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions argues that race-conscious admissions violate the Civil Rights Act

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court justices battle over race as a factor in college admissions

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court showed deep divides over race-conscious university admissions while questioning lawyers in cases that could transform college campuses and overturn decades-old precedents.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions

The future of affirmative action in higher education is on the table as the Supreme Court wades into the admissions programs at the nation’s oldest public and private universities

The Guardian - US

US students on why affirmative action is crucial: ‘They need our voices’

Harvard and UNC attendees address how applicants’ backgrounds shape their lives as supreme court hears case

Reason

Could Failure to Inform Insurer of Affirmative-Action Lawsuit Cost Harvard $15 Million?

Pro-tip: If you are sued, and you expect your insurer to pick up the bill, it is a good idea to give them timely notice.

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