The United States Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinIt’s crunch time for the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices must issue opinions on dozens of cases before they break for recess around the end of June or beginning of July.
The plaintiff in both cases, Students for Fair Admissions , is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a landmark 2003 decision that allowed the narrow use of race in college admissions decisions. SFFA argues that Harvard’s policy violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits educational institutions that receive federal funds from discriminating based on race.
The justices are considering two separate challenges to the program: one from six GOP-led states and the other from two student loan borrowers who do not qualify for student debt forgiveness under the president’s plan.In February, the conservative justices“We take very seriously the idea of separation of powers and that power should be divided to prevent its abuse,” Chief Justice John Roberts said during oral arguments.plaintiffs about whether they had standing to sue in the first place.
A lower court ruled that the map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans discrimination based on race, and said GOP state lawmakers could have drawn the map with two congressional districts of majority-Black voters.