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Editor Daily Rundown: President Joe Biden is heading to Florida to campaign with former President Barack Obama.

Newest member of US supreme court seems to reject idea that affirmative action in university admissions is unconstitutional

The Supreme Court is taking up two cases that could overturn major precedent on affirmative action.

During oral arguments for SCOTUS case 21707, Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina, attorney Patrick Strawbridge revealed that each year, an estimated 700 applications to UNC are decided based on the applicant’s race.

Race-conscious admissions policies have vocal but dwindling support | United States

The Supreme Court today will consider unraveling decades of precedent that have allowed colleges to use race in admissions to diversity their campuses.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito appeared to troll a lawyer defending affirmative action.

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Monday will revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education. Justices are hearing oral arguments in two major cases challenging race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and University of North Carolina. It's the first test for affirmative action before the current court, which has a six-justice conservative majority

The Supreme Court heard arguments in challenges to race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Most Supreme Court justices seemed receptive on Oct. 31 to a student group’s argument that racially discriminatory admissions ...