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Explainer: What’s At Stake in the US Supreme Court Affirmative Action Cases Against Harvard, U. North Carolina?

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Explainer: What’s At Stake in the US Supreme Court Affirmative Action Cases Against Harvard, U. North Carolina?

Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Features Editor

October 31, 2022 01:41:26 pm

As the US Supreme Court considers oral arguments in the cases of Students for Fair Admission vs. Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, JURIST’s latest explainer offers a breakdown of the parties, the legal issues, and the factual allegations at play in the case. What are the cases about? A race-neutrality advocacy group [...]

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