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Live Updates: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Harvard, UNC Affirmative Action Cases | News | The Harvard Crimson

A pair of legal challenges targeting race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are part of another politically-charged docket this year.

Supporters and critics will have to wait — likely until next June — to learn the fate of race-based admissions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The U.S. Supreme Court heard more than 2 1/2 hours of arguments Monday for and against UNC’s admissions policies.

The Supreme Court on Monday waded deeply into thorny issues of race, with the court's GOP-appointed justices expressing skepticism over schools' use of racial box-checking to promote enrollment of Black or Hispanic students.

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.