Monday, June 14, 2021

High Court Mulls Rule on Harvard Admissions; Seeks Biden Admin.Views on Affirmative Action

 The U.S. Supreme Court today (June 14, 2021) asked Joe Biden's administration to give its views on whether the justices should hear a challenge to Harvard University's consideration of race in undergraduate student admissions, according to the Reuters website. 


The case, should it be taken up by the court, would give the court's conservative majority a chance to end affirmative action policies of Harvard used to increase the number of Black and Hispanic students on American campuses. 


The action by the court signals the interest of at least some of the nine justices in considering an appeal brought by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, founded by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum, of a lower court ruling that upheld Harvard's program. 

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