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SFFA V. UNC
''Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard'', 600 U.S. 181 (2023), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that race-based affirmative action programs in most college admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. With its companion case, ''Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina'', the Supreme Court effectively overruled ''Grutter v. Bollinger'' (2003) and ''Regents of the University of California v. Bakke'' (1978), which validated some affirmative action in college admissions provided that race had a limited role in decisions. In 2013, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) sued Harvard University in U.S. District Court in Boston, alleging that the university's undergraduate admission practices violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against Asian Americans. In 2019, a district court judge upheld Harvard's limited use of race as a factor in admissions, citing lack of evidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Students For Fair Admissions
Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded in 2014 by conservative activist Edward Blum (litigant), Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging affirmative action admissions policies at schools. In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard'' that affirmative action programs in college admissions (excepting Military academy, 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 admissions. Lawsuits SFFA is an offshoot of the Project on Fair Representation. SFFA's federal lawsuits have targeted Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Blum has set up websites to Ambulance chasing, seek out plaintiffs. Unlike the Fisher v. University of Texas (2013), ''Fisher'' case, in which the plaintiff, Abigail Fisher, made herself public, the students re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
