WASHINGTON — Following last term's overturning of Roe v. Wade and an expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court's conservatives are moving now to sharply limit or strike down affirmative action at colleges and universities.
At issue is a fundamental question about the role of race and the meaning of equality under the law.
On Monday, the court will hear challenges to the "race conscious" admissions policies at Harvard, the nation's oldest private college, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the oldest state university.
