Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard 2023
Do race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate equal protection?
600 U.S. 181 (2023)Equal protection
- The question
- Do race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate equal protection?
- What the Court held
- Yes. Both programs were unlawful; applicants may discuss how race affected their lives, but must be treated as individuals.
- The vote
- 6–3. 6–3 in the University of North Carolina case and 6–2 in the Harvard case.
- Read the opinion
- 600 U.S. 181 (2023), full text
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