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Affirmative action on the line as Supreme Court hears Harvard and UNC admissions case
mystery-ak:
Affirmative action on the line as Supreme Court hears Harvard and UNC admissions case
By Kaelan Deese, Supreme Court Reporter
& Jeremiah Poff, Education Reporter
October 31, 2022 06:05 AM
Colleges across the United States are preparing for a future without race-based admissions policies as the Supreme Court will soon decide whether to end decades of affirmative action precedent.
The legal effort was brought to the high court by the conservative group Students for Fair Admissions, which argues that nearly four decades of affirmative action precedent have disproportionately harmed Asian American applicants and that institutions should amend their policies to adopt "race-neutral" standards. The justices will hear two cases Monday over admissions policies at the public University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the private Harvard University .
Edward Blum, the 70-year-old head at SFFA and a longtime critic of affirmative action, said the group represents nearly 20,000 students who are asking the high court to overturn its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, which affirmed the partial use of race in admissions at the University of Michigan in a 5-4 opinion in 2003, so long as it didn't rely on race as a sole deciding factor.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/affirmative-action-supreme-court-hears-harvard-unc-admissions-case
mystery-ak:
October 31, 2022 12:11pm EDT
Ketanji Brown Jackson clashes with anti-affirmative action lawyer during Supreme Court arguments
Jackson pressed lawyer over if use of race as a factor in admissions in enough for 'standing' to sue
By Tyler Olson | Fox News
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Monday clashed with a lawyer for a student group seeking to end affirmative action in college admissions, as the justice challenged whether the group has "standing" to sue.
"Why is it that race is doing anything different to your members' ability to compete in this environment," in comparison to a number of other factors involved in admissions, Jackson asked Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) lawyer, Patrick Strawbridge.
"It's in the context of all of the other factors…the admissions office is looking at," Jackson added. "You haven't demonstrated or shown one situation in which all they look at is race. They're looking at the full person."
Jackson also said that SFFA seemed to be looking for "special standing" in the case. Standing is a legal term for the "harm" suffered by one person that allows the person to sue in court to have it remedied.
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-clashes-anti-affirmative-action-lawyer-supreme-court-arguments
rustynail:
If they didn't already have 'standing' they would not be in the court?
DefiantMassRINO:
Why did fair-skinned, blue-eyed, blone Elizabeth Warren list her race as American Indian? What more was she hoping to gain by not listing her race as white?
Kamaji:
--- Quote from: mystery-ak on October 31, 2022, 05:35:05 pm ---October 31, 2022 12:11pm EDT
Ketanji Brown Jackson clashes with anti-affirmative action lawyer during Supreme Court arguments
Jackson pressed lawyer over if use of race as a factor in admissions in enough for 'standing' to sue
By Tyler Olson | Fox News
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Monday clashed with a lawyer for a student group seeking to end affirmative action in college admissions, as the justice challenged whether the group has "standing" to sue.
"Why is it that race is doing anything different to your members' ability to compete in this environment," in comparison to a number of other factors involved in admissions, Jackson asked Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) lawyer, Patrick Strawbridge.
"It's in the context of all of the other factors…the admissions office is looking at," Jackson added. "You haven't demonstrated or shown one situation in which all they look at is race. They're looking at the full person."
Jackson also said that SFFA seemed to be looking for "special standing" in the case. Standing is a legal term for the "harm" suffered by one person that allows the person to sue in court to have it remedied.
more
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-clashes-anti-affirmative-action-lawyer-supreme-court-arguments
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Is she really that stupid? If race is used as a factor in admissions, then it necessarily follows that someone who was of the "wrong" race was denied an admission that would not have been denied if race had not been a factor. That is precisely the sort of injury in fact that is necessary to sustain standing.
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