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The complaint by the Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence centers around a one-year temporary admission policy that awarded exam school seats in 2021 based on grades and ZIP codes.
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Supporters of affirmative action view the ruling as a victory at a time when such policies have been under legal attack.
The ruling in late June arrived as school districts across Massachusetts have encountered heated resistance to equity policies, spurring a spate of legal actions.
The U.S. Supreme Court. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers) WASHINGTON (CN) — Justice Clarence Thomas decried the state of Fifth Amendment land-taking precedent in a brief dissent Monday after the Supreme Court refused to hear a Hawaii zoning dispute. “Our current regulatory takings jurisprudence leaves much to be desired,” the conservative justice wrote, arguing the fight between Hawaii’s Land Use Commission and developer Bridge Aina Le’a LLC would have given the high court the chance to address longstanding vagueness surrounding government taking of land. The case involves Bri...