Gorsuch: 'Holistic' Admissions Policy Once Used Against Jews
Justices Gorsuch and Thomas noted the "holistic" approach used by Harvard and UNC in affirmative action was once used to discriminate against Jews.
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Justices Gorsuch and Thomas noted the "holistic" approach used by Harvard and UNC in affirmative action was once used to discriminate against Jews.
The Supreme Court gathered Monday to debate one of the most important questions this term: Whether colleges may consider the race of their applicants.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she fears for equal protection for and the rate of minority college applicants if the conservative Supreme Court majority overturns affirmative action and ends the ability for universities to exercise race-based admissions policies.
The court has upheld the use of race-conscious admissions in the past, but has moved to the right in the years since.
The Supreme Court heard arguments in challenges to race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.