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Commentary: Taxpayers breathe sigh of relief — temporarily — after student loan decision

The Supreme Court has just saved American taxpayers more than half a trillion dollars by holding that President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona cannot cancel federal student loans under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, the “HEROES Act.”

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The Greater Manchester street where SEWAGE floods homes after heavy rain

"We had sanitary towels floating about. That's just 'angin."

Manchester Evening News

North Carolina voting rights ‘still in five-alarm fire’ despite supreme court ruling

Republicans failed to defend a fringe legal theory, but they are already pushing through new state election legislation

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In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents

Overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades

The Independent UK

How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be

The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.

WEKU

A conservative overhaul of public life: what the supreme court’s term means for the US

Despite early moderate rulings, this term will be remembered for booming decisions on race, LGBTQ+ rights and student debt

The Guardian - US

US Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student loan relief plan

A sharply divided Supreme Court on Friday effectively killed President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. But he declared, “This fight is not over."

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The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here's what you need to know.

The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term

The Independent UK

My CNN Article on "Why the Supreme Court Got it Right on Student Loans"

The article goes over the main reasons why the Court's decision was justified.

Reason

Military schools exempt in SCOTUS ruling

"It seems that the court is willing to uphold use of race when government power is at stake," expert says

Salon

Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling

A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in northern Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to Biden: You Can't Just Forgive $400 Billion in Student Loan Debt Without Asking Congress

Nancy Pelosi agrees.

Reason

Citing harm to Missouri, Supreme Court kills Biden’s student loan forgiveness

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, as a Missouri-created student loan agency helped six conservative-led states dash the hopes of millions of Americans hoping to be relieved of up to $20,000 of their debt.

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US supreme court rules against Biden’s student loan relief program

Justices rule in 6-3 decision that 2003 Heroes Act doesn’t authorize president’s debt forgiveness plan

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WEKU

What the Supreme Court's rejection of student loan relief means for borrowers

The court has struck down President Biden's plan to discharge federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. Here are five takeaways for borrowers and the country.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court ruling creates a grey area for how schools consider race

As universities weigh how to take race into account without allowing it to form the tipping point for an advantage, experts say there will be more lawsuits

The Conversation

Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation's colleges and universities cannot, court rules

In a 6-3 ruling on Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, outlawing the use of race in college admissions in general. The Conversation reached out to three legal scholars to explain…

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Stephen L. Carter: Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Follows Half-Baked Logic

So it’s over. Seriously. It’s hard to find a simple workaround to rescue affirmative action in college admission after today’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that the programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the 14th Amendment. Oh, given time, we’ll come up with something. But Chief Justice…

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A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.

The Independent UK

In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh

Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday's Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education

Reason

Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 'Eliminating Racial Discrimination Means Eliminating All of It'

In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.

WEKU

Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

Salon

KBJ torches affirmative action ruling

The “visibly angry” justice said Thomas “ignites too many straw men to list”

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Affirmative action is radical Supreme Court's latest casualty

Affirmative action died Thursday at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and held that it’s unconstitutional for universities to take account of racial diversity in their admissions.

Daily Mirror

Affirmative action in universities officially ENDED by Supreme Court in landmark decision

The landmark decision overturns long-standing precedent that has benefitted Black and Latino students in higher education

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