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“For some reason, every time people of color take a step forward, this nation finds a way to make them take three steps back,” Rep. Frederica Wilson

Mentioned they have accepted military, a carveout buried in a footnote. its interesting to see how the court has sort of under roberts gone about making these big moves, even though he is not h saying he is overturning the key decision upon which all of the current admissions programs are based and using race as a plus factor as you mentioned, he hasnt said im going to overrule it, but everyone else e seems to agree he did.e the dissent certainly thinks he has. justice thomas thinks he has. he d...

The Supreme Court today struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), ending a nearly decade-long legal battle that placed Asian Americans at the center of national discourse. The decision: The court ruled that the universities’ programs both violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Meanwhile, six justices voted against and two voted in favor of the program at Harvard.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting the use of race in college admissions. Here's how it will affect universities in Austin.

The Supreme Court in a pair of cases Thursday severely limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs that U.S. institutions have used to select students from their applicant pools. In rulings that broke along ideological lines, the court’s six conservative justices invalidated Harvard’s and University of…

Black and latinx and native folks, the people who built this country are shut out of the opportunity to learn at some of our countrys best colleges. >> paul, if the decision doesnt rule out race entirely in admissions programs, what will that look like? what will schools and colleges, university, what will they be able to take into effect? >> so theres a line that suggests that even though you cant get points for being a member of a group thats been shut out for centuries, you can get points for...

Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases on Monday that challenge race-based admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. A conservative majority court seems to be open to overturning race-based college admissions policies.

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