Supreme Court Considering Eliminating Affirmative Action Firstcoastnews Supreme court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race conscious admissions updated june 29, 2023 7:52 pm et originally published june 29, 2023 10:10 am et nina totenberg. On jun 29, 2023 at 12:31 pm. harvard college in cambridge, mass. (jay yuan via shutterstock) this article was updated on june 29 at 4:09 p.m. in a historic decision, the supreme court severely limited, if not effectively ended, the use of affirmative action in college admissions on thursday. by a vote of 6 3, the justices ruled that the.
Supreme Court Considering Eliminating Affirmative Action Firstcoastnews The supreme court has twice backed affirmative action programmes at us universities, most recently in 2016. nine us states already have bans on race based college admissions in place: arizona. Affirmative action ruling by supreme court will unless there was "a fundamental redesign of the college admissions system," which would include eliminating considering several factors. Students for fair admissions — the anti affirmative action group that sued harvard and unc in 2014 — had asked the supreme court to overturn grutter v. bollinger , its landmark 2003 decision. Noting that the court's most recent affirmative action decision in 2003 had suggested that there would have to be an end to such programs at some future point, roberts essentially said that time.
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