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The Supreme Court announced it will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a competitive middle school in Montgomery County, Maryland. The case is a new test of school diversity efforts following the court's 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education. Report 11 additionally notes that the court took up a separate case regarding a federal at-home distilling ban.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new case regarding race and school admissions concerning a magnet middle school in Maryland.
Left-leaning outlets like The New York Times and NBC News frame the case as a follow-up to the court's rejection of affirmative action in higher education. Center and right-leaning outlets such as The Daily Signal and Reason Magazine emphasize the specific context of the Maryland magnet school and discuss potential impacts on Asian students or claims of racial discrimination. The Federalist (Right) uniquely groups the school admissions case together with a separate case regarding an at-home distilling ban.
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Supreme Court takes up new case over race and school admissions
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a suburban Maryland county’s competitive middle school, the justices announced Monday. It’s a key test of the court’s 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions. That decision has left open questions over what lengths school districts may still take to…
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Source context: The court’s decision to review an admissions policy for selective middle school programs in Maryland follows its rejection of affirmative action in higher education.
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The court’s decision to review an admissions policy for selective middle school programs in Maryland follows its rejection of affirmative action in higher education.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a new challenge to school admissions policies on diversity, taking up a case on magnet programs in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the Reconstruction-era ban on distilling alcohol in private homes.Why it matters: Americans can legally brew beer or make wine at home, but making whiskey, vodka or other spirits can land them in federal prison. The Supreme Court could change that.Driving the booze: SCOTUS will review Department of…
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The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a suburban Maryland county’s competitive middle school, the justices announced Monday. It’s a key test of the court’s 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions. That decision has left open questions over what lengths school districts may still take to…
The US Supreme Court agreed to consider making it easier to challenge public school admissions policies as racially discriminatory in a fresh test of educational diversity efforts.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider the constitutionality of a nearly 160-year-old federal ban on distilling liquor at home.
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The Supreme Court will hear another case on race-based admissions after previously curbing the practice in higher education. The high court on Monday announced it will take up the case of Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, concerning a Maryland county’s lottery admissions policy to increase racial diversity at…
The Supreme Court will take up a case regarding alleged racial discrimination in the admissions policy for magnet middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, marking the latest lawsuit against the county’s schools to reach the high court in recent years. The high court announced in an orders list on Monday that it will take up…
The case arises as both right and left favor various forms of anti-Asian discrimination.
The U.S. Supreme Court added to its 2026 docket on Monday two high-profile cases dealing with race and school admissions and a Reconstruction-era federal ban on at-home distilling. In its latest order list, the high court revealed that it has agreed to take up and hear arguments in Association for Education Fairness (AEF) v. Montgomery…
Three years after ending "race-conscious" college admissions, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has agreed to decide whether K–12 public school districts can use covert demographic quotas to restrict access to elite middle and high schools.
Your Uncle Frank’s famous whiskey may soon be legal. The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would review an 1868 law banning home distilling, the Associated Press reported. The high court will consider whether Congress acted within its constitutional authority when it passed the law more than 150 years ago. Federal law makes home ...
