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Affirmative Action Kicked Off Busy Week for SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy week, hearing oral arguments in five cases. The most closely watched cases are Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina, which are poised to determine the role of af...
What’s on Tap: Supreme Court to Consider Landmark Affirmative Action Cases
When the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term next month, the justices will hear two potential landmark cases involving affirmative action. Both cases, Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fai...
Week in Review: Court Considers Potential Landmark Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in five cases last week. Several of the decisions have the potential to be blockbusters, with high-profile Constitutional issues at stake. Below is a brief summary of these potential landmark cases: ...
SCOTUS up to 47 cases for 2015-16 Term Docket
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) kicked off its new term on October 5, 2015 and filled about 2/3 of its docket. In total, SCOTUS granted certiorari in thirteen new cases during its September 28 long conference, bringing the docket to 47. Last term th...
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Affirmative Action in Public Universities
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced its 6-2 ruling affirming Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in public colleges in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. The case involved a challenge to an amendment to the Mi...
Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of State Ban on Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court is expected to soon decide whether an amendment to a state constitution that bans the use of affirmative action at public universities is unconstitutional. The case is Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and oral argu...
Affirmative Action Decision Could Rest on Decades Old Busing Case: Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in one of its most controversial cases. In Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the Court must decide the constitutionality of an amendment to the Michigan state constitution that ba...
What’s On Deck: Court to Again Tackle Affirmative Action
As the justices continue their summer vacation, we will be previewing what’s to come when they return to the bench in October. One of the first cases on deck involves affirmative action, which came before the Court last term in Fisher v. Texas. ...
Fisher v. University of Texas: Affirmative Action Lives to See Another Day
While many of the Supreme Court’s blockbuster cases of the term failed to disappoint, Fisher v. University of Texas may be an exception. When the justices agreed to consider the case, many speculated that the Court would reconsider the preceden...
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