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President Biden said colleges should now take into account the adversity qualified students have overcome.

The Supreme Court says colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission.

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via GettyJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, pulled no punches when criticizing her conservative counterparts Thursday for ruling to ban affirmative action in American universities, saying they acted with “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness.”Jackson did not hide her rage that the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, believed the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action admission policies...

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled to ban affirmative action in college admissions on Tuesday afternoon, voting 6–2 against Harvard University and 6–3 against the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in a landmark decision. 

The U.S. Department of Justice urges a judge to block a new Florida law restricting people from China from owning property in the state.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges and universities are no longer allowed to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions.

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court decided Thursday to set new limits on affirmative action, striking down the current race-conscious admissions policies in place at University of North Carolina and Harvard University. The decision sided in part with Students for Fair Admissions, a conservative group that […]

Several Republican presidential candidates applaud the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling severely limiting affirmative action in college admissions.

Check out CNN’s Affirmative Action Fast Facts for some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable Supreme Court court cases.

Here is a brief history of the terms and how they have been used.