Supreme Court takes up cases challenging affirmative action in college admissions
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On Monday, April 20th 2020, a group of pedestrians walked through Harvard Yard, a closed Harvard University campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two appeals challenging college admission policies which consider race when admitting students.
Harvard University and University of North Carolina are being sued. They claim that admissions policies discriminate against Asian applicants and engage in “racial balancencing”.
Supreme Court in an order listThe two cases were combined and given one hour for oral argument.
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