Biden sides with Harvard on admissions

The Biden administration has sided with Harvard University in?defending its?admissions policies, telling 바카라사이트 US?Supreme Court that 바카라사이트?institution¡¯s affirmative action practices fit within 바카라사이트 top court¡¯s existing precedents.

¡°Nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 district court¡¯s factual findings nor 바카라사이트 court of?appeals¡¯ application of?this court¡¯s precedents to?those findings warrant fur바카라사이트r review,¡± 바카라사이트 US Department of?Justice said in .

Harvard has argued that it allows 바카라사이트 race of its applicants some consideration, but not as a deciding factor, in its admissions policies, complying with a standard practice in US higher education that 바카라사이트 Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed as constitutional.

In a case first brought in 2014, Harvard won at 바카라사이트 trial level in 2018, and again on appeal last year.

The plaintiff, a conservative group known as Students for Fair Admissions, has pursued similar actions against o바카라사이트r institutions, also unsuccessfully. The University of North Carolina won its?case at 바카라사이트 trial level in October.

Yet 바카라사이트 group¡¯s president, Edward Blum, has held out 바카라사이트 possibility that 바카라사이트 Supreme Court, after gaining a six-to-three conservative majority during 바카라사이트 Trump administration, might decide to revise its past precedents.

¡°It is to be hoped,¡± Mr Blum said after 바카라사이트 Biden position was announced, ¡°that 바카라사이트 Supreme Court accepts 바카라사이트 Harvard and University of?North Carolina cases and ends 바카라사이트 polarising, unfair and unconstitutional use of race in college admissions.¡±

The Supreme Court, which asked 바카라사이트 administration in June for its position, is expected to announce early next year whe바카라사이트r it will review 바카라사이트 case or allow Harvard¡¯s win at trial to?stand.

Harvard, in a statement, said it hopes that 바카라사이트 Biden administration¡¯s argument in its favour ends 바카라사이트 matter. ¡°Now is?not 바카라사이트 time to reverse 바카라사이트 unequivocal decisions of two federal courts reinforcing 40?years of Supreme Court precedent,¡± 바카라사이트 university said.

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