What's at stake as the Supreme Court considers banning race in college admissions: 'Basic fairness'
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The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Monday on a case that could determine the future of affirmative action on college campuses, and legal experts weigh in on what's at stake.
SFFA first sued Harvard in 2014, and is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn its 2003 landmark decision Grutter v. Bollinger, which permitted race to be considered as one factor in college admissions because it believed student body diversity was "a compelling state interest." Kelsey Koberg is an Editor with Fox News Digital.
In writing the opinion in the Grutter case, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that "race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time," and added that "we expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary."