FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on March 18, 2022, in Washington.
The future of affirmative action in higher education is on the table as the Supreme Court wades into the admissions programs at the nation's oldest public and private universities. The justices are hearing arguments Monday, Oct. 31, in challenges to policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard that consider race among many factors in evaluating applications for admission.
During oral arguments in the UNC case, some of the court’s conservative justices pointed to an aspect of the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision in what could become the basis for a ruling that ends race-based college admissions. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s writing for the majority in the Grutter decision said in part, “We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.
Some of the justices challenged what the end of that timeline would look like if race could no longer be a factor in the college admissions process. Another major concern from liberal justices including Ketanji Brown Jackson is that ending affirmative action in admissions processes could “create more of an equal protection problem than it’s solving.” Jackson said that overturning race-based admissions means colleges could consider “all of the other background and personal characteristics of other applicants, but they can't value race.
The conservative justices also came back around to the idea that the reliance on race needs to end, citing the 2003 Grutter ruling. Justice Samuel Alito grilled Park on when diversity would be achieved through these programs. Justice Amy Coney Barrett also challenged Park, asking,"When is your sunset? When will you know?” she said."Grutter says this is dangerous and it has to have an endpoint. And I hear you telling Justice Alito there is no endpoint.
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