When the court heard arguments in the case in February, the plan didn’t seem likely to survive, though it’s possible the justices could decide the challengers lacked the right to sue and the plan can still go forward. The justices will also decide the fate of President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans. The Biden administration has said that getting rid of race-conscious college admissions would have a “destabilizing” effect that would cause the ranks of Black and Latino students to plummet at the nation’s most selective schools. WATCH: Supreme Court hears arguments in cases that could end affirmative action And when the high court heard arguments in the cases in late October, all six conservative justices on the court expressed doubts about the practice. But the justices’ decision to take the cases suggested a willingness to revisit those rulings. The Supreme Court has previously approved of the use of affirmative action in higher education in decisions reaching back to 1978. The survival of affirmative action in higher education is the subject of two related cases, one involving Harvard and the other the University of North Carolina.
Here’s a look at some of the cases the court has left to decide from the term that began back in October. As is typical, the last opinions to be released cover some of the most contentious issues the court has wrestled with this term including affirmative action, student loans and gay rights. The high court has 10 opinions left to release over the next week before the justices begin their summer break. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is getting ready to decide some of its biggest cases of the term.
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