, but the discussion is likely to go overtime because the justices have changed their oral argument procedure since returning to the courtroom. Justice Clarence Thomas, the court’s most senior member, gets the first opportunity to ask a question, followed by a freewheeling session of questions. After that, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gives each justice a turn to ask additional questions.
Defending the position of the universities is North Carolina’s solicitor general Ryan Y. Park and attorney David G. Hinojosa on behalf of UNC students. Harvard is represented by attorney Seth P. Waxman, a former solicitor general during the Clinton administration. The Biden administration is also backing the universities and is represented in both cases by Solicitor General Elizabeth B.
Since the 1970s, the Supreme Court has said that race may be used as one factor universities can consider in evaluating applicants for admission. Universities say there is a continuing need for affirmative action to build diverse student bodies, which they say strengthen the overall learning environment with distinct perspectives and experiences.Look for lawyers representing Harvard and UNC to characterize as “holistic” the process the universities use to review applicants.
Challengers want the court to overturn long-standing precedent and rule that considerations of race violate federal law and the Constitution., says the universities put too much weight on race and that the nation cannot remedy past discrimination with racial preferences, which he considers a different form of discrimination. In the Harvard case, Blum says the school’s policy discriminates against Asian Americans. UNC, the group said, discriminated against White and Asian American applicants.
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They already do! Lol
Racists are bad
How is this still a problem? Seems like a lot of Asian hate in the highest level of academia
40 years of racism. No application should ask race, gender, age etc. Not even a 'rather not say' choice. Cut it out.
It’s unconstitutional.
They shouldn’t, it’s racists, that’s all you need to know.
No. We have protected other races and people of color for years by allowing them to move ahead of others. Time to raise the GPA required to play sports and time to let minorities fend for themselves.
The comments in this post are so ignorant. If you have questions about why race matters, do some reading about it. Your ignorance is not an argument.
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Seems the Christian-Ultra-Right is working hard to get back some form of segregation, to not have to share top notch education with those who pray in a different way to the same one and only God.
Capabilities not skin color
Why should a minority group of blacks get preference over a much smaller minority group, Asians? How about we let the best people in regardless of race.
REMINDER: 5 of 9 SCOTUS Justices are WHITE Ivy League grads IVY LEAGUE STUDY found: 43% of Harvard’s WHITE students -Legacy Students (family alum) -RELATED to donors, or -RELATED to staff -Athletes 75% of these WHITE students would have been REJECTED
This will be a big case that will likely affect other race-related business decisions. I will be interested in hearing the arguments presented.
My simple mind thinks this way; how can we ever get to a color blind society, if we continuously focus on color? It’s like the old game, I bet you can stop thinking about the color pink for 15 seconds, or can you?
“P r o g r e s s I v e”