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COUNTERPOINT: Americans of every race deserve a fair shot; affirmative action provides one

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Harvard and the University of North Carolina about using race and ethnicity in admissions policies. At stake is the fate of affirmative action and the positive effects that race-conscious policies have had on higher education and the workplace for more than 50 years.

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

How a Gorsuch LGBT Ruling May Doom Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The link between Bostock v. Clayton County and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

Reason · Nov 21, 2022

Belfast tennis teen Freddy Murray hoping to follow in footsteps of 'hero' Rafael Nadal

The 19-year-old has enrolled on a tennis programme at the University of North Carolina

Belfast Live · Nov 17, 2022

Review of Oral Argument in Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

My Justice-by-Justice breakdown.

Reason · Nov 1, 2022

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 1, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices raise doubts about using race in college admissions

The high court’s conservatives all expressed doubts about the practice, while the three liberals defended the programs, which are similar to those used by many private and public universities.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2022

The Supreme Court Could End Affirmative Action

In the two cases, brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions argues that race-conscious admissions violate the Civil Rights Act

Reason · Oct 31, 2022

Robe & Gavel October 31, 2022: SCOTUS begins November argument sitting

Welcome to the Oct. 31 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia · Oct 31, 2022

Supreme Court justices battle over race as a factor in college admissions

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court showed deep divides over race-conscious university admissions while questioning lawyers in cases that could transform college campuses and overturn decades-old precedents.

Tribune News Service · Oct 31, 2022

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

The University of North Carolina was once a bastion of segregation

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022