The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to rule on a so-called holistic admissions policy at Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson high school, one of the nation’s most prestigious public schools. This means the school can continue to favor applicants who are economically disadvantaged, and that academic performance is not necessarily the main factor in admissions. The Supreme Court […]
A request to prevent West Point from using affirmative action in the student admissions process is still pending at the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the same request on Jan. 29. The Supreme Court application from Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) comes after the nation’s highest […]
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis can continue to use race-based “affirmative action” policies in their admissions, as challenges to such admissions policies wind their way through the federal court system. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit legal advocacy group opposed to the use of racial […]
A group that won a landmark Supreme Court decision outlawing race-based admissions at Harvard is now targeting America’s service academies. Students for Fair Admissions wants the June 29 ruling to apply to potential cadets as well. However, West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy have said the law should not include military institutions. A plane […]
A new federal lawsuit could pick up where the U.S. Supreme Court left off, by challenging the race-based admissions policies employed at U.S. military service academies. In June, the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which challenged the university’s admissions policies. The court ruled 6-3 against Harvard’s practices, ruling that similar […]
State attorneys general from Tennessee, Kansas, and 11 other states put 100 of America’s largest corporations on notice that, following the Supreme Court decision against racial discrimination at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, private companies would be held to the same standard. In a July 13 letter to CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, […]
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected affirmative action in college admissions, questions arise about what direction the country is expected to go in terms of opportunity and a system that rewards achievement. Lily Tang Williams, a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and a U.S. House candidate from New Hampshire, tells NTD, “I hope […]
A multi-billion dollar student loan forgiveness plan has now been struck down by the high court. What do students now face, and what’s the reaction from President Joe Biden? Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) joins us to weigh in on the Supreme Court’s decisions on affirmative action and student loan forgiveness. She has introduced a bill dealing with the college […]
NTD spoke with Jonathan Butcher to unpack the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on affirmative action in college admissions. Butcher is a senior research fellow in education policy at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-based admissions policies at U.S. colleges—known as affirmative action policies—was met with celebration as well as disappointment and defiance. Prior to Thursday’s decision, the Supreme Court had allowed colleges to weigh an applicant’s race when making admissions decisions. In the 1978 case Regents of the University of […]
Politicians from both sides of the political aisle spoke out regarding the Supreme Court’s historic June 29 Affirmative Action ruling with support and condemnation. The decision struck down the use of racially based admission policies in the United States, ending the so-called affirmative action in higher education. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a tweet saying he […]
Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit. Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.” “People with extraordinary […]
Students for Fair Admissions, the Group that won the case on Affirmative Action against Harvard and University of North Carolina at the Supreme Court, holds a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 29 at the National Press Club in Washington.
The Supreme Court struck down on June 29 the use of racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges. The 6–3 decision ends the use of so-called affirmative action in higher education, a longtime goal of conservatives. The ruling will be felt immediately as a million high school students begin applying for fall acceptance at the […]
President Joe Biden on June 26 said the United States and NATO had no involvement in the short-lived mutiny in Russia by the Wagner Group mercenary force. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on some of its most significant cases of the term by the end of the month. Among them involve affirmative […]
It appears the Supreme Court is set to end affirmative action meant to increase diversity in higher education and make up for disadvantages said to stem from past discrimination. However, Alison Somin, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, tells NTD that selecting students based on their race “creates only a mirage of opportunity,” because […]
On Oct. 30, veteran civil rights activist Ward Connerly will make the case against affirmative action on the steps of the Supreme Court the day before SCOTUS hears arguments on two discrimination cases, one against Harvard the other against the University of North Carolina. Connerly is a long-time critic of race-based discrimination at colleges. He’s […]
