Both UNC and Harvard have been sued over allegations of discrimination against Asian and white Americans, with some arguing their civil rights were violated in the admissions process. “By taking these cases, the Supreme Court has a historic opportunity to eliminate the ability of colleges and universities to explicitly discriminate on the basis of race in their admissions process,” Deise said.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges to the University of North Carolina and Harvard’s race-based admissions. The nation’s highest court set a date of Oct. 31 to hear the arguments. Yahoo’s Cheyanne M. Daniels wrote a piece detailing how Democrats are already freaking out that the nation’s highest court may strike it down.
“Affirmative action will be thrust into the spotlight next week as the Supreme Court prepares to hear two cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. the University of North Carolina. A ruling on the two cases by the conservative court could reverse 40 years of precedent of race-conscious admissions to colleges and universities,” Daniels wrote.
“At the nation’s universities, it has been used to diversify enrollment, often in schools that historically turned away minority students. A landmark case came in 1978 when the Supreme Court considered Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. Since then, schools have used race as an ingredient in selecting their student bodies,” the report added.
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