US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases The US supreme court, driven by its conservative supermajority, ended race-conscious admissions at universities across the country, tossing out decades of precedent in American life. The conservative justices concluded that admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina discriminated against Asian American applicants and violated the US constitution’s equal protection clause..
The US supreme court, driven by its conservative supermajority, ended race-conscious admissions at universities across the country, tossing out decades of precedent in American life. The conservative justices concluded that admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina discriminated against Asian American applicants and violated the US constitution’s equal protection clause..