The case has been scheduled for discussion by the Justices for June 10.

As is the practice, four or more Justices must agree to grant a review of a case.

The case could could have far-reaching effects on the nation’s colleges and universities using raced-based admissions standards, which, in an election year could also have consequences.

Supreme Court Pressed to Take Up Harvard Affirmative Action Case
By ⁦@KevinDaleyDC⁩
Students for Fair Admissions alleges admissions discrimination against Asians violates federal law
Via Washington Free Beacon

Tim Gradous (@tgradous) February 26, 2021

In 2018, a group called Students For Fair Admissions accused Harvard of discriminating against Asian-American students by awarding them lower “personal qualities” scores.

Conservative legal strategist Edward Blum and Duke economist Peter Arcidiacono studied six years of Harvard’s admissions database, and concluded that Asian-American students were discriminated against based on how they were rated in the admissions process on things like courage, kindness, and leadership.

Arcidiacono also argues that that two-thirds of black students and one-half of hispanic students are admitted based solely on racial preferences.

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