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In 2021, SFFA petitioned the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. [10] [11] Following the appointment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers at the time, the cases were split with Jackson recusing from the Harvard case while participating in the North Carolina one. [12]
[1] [2] In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that affirmative action programs in college admissions (excepting military academies) are unconstitutional. SFFA has been described by its opponents as an anti-affirmative action group that objects to the use of race as one of the factors in college ...
The plaintiff in both cases is the same group, Students for Fair Admissions, or SFFA. The group argues that Harvard’s admission policy violates Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ...
SFFA sued the Naval Academy in October 2023, a few months after the Supreme Court effectively ended race-conscious admissions policies at civilian colleges and universities nationwide by ruling ...
Last year, in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v.Harvard, the Supreme Court effectively banned the use of race as a factor in college admissions.Since then, it’s been unclear what the fallout ...
“For now, the only question is what should happen as this case proceeds – who should bear the burden of the status quo,” attorneys for SFFA told the Supreme Court. “Every year this case ...
But, under District Court Case, "SFFA filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Harvard University on November 17, 2014." My understanding is there was only one district court case, which was appealed to the Supreme Court.
With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.