MAGA SCOTUS Is Back
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
00:00
The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in the Case of Harvard University
The lawsuit that student-for-for admissions brought against unc was filed under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the u.s. constitution so just like in previous cases where there were challenges to the race conscious admissions policies of public universities it was brought under the constitution now harvard is a private school and so instead of filing suit against harvard under theequal protection clause which requires state action the lawsuit was filed challenging the race conscious admission policy at Harvard. The question of whether race can be used in college admissions at schools that are limiting intentional discrimination is also not a question that was before the court.
Transcript
Play full episode
