Summary: <p><span>The <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/supreme-courts-objectivity-under-scrutiny">Supreme Court</a> heard oral arguments this Monday in two cases that challenge<a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/10/in-cases-challenging-affirmative-action-court-will-confront-wide-ranging-arguments-on-history-diversity-and-the-role-of-race-in-america/"> the consideration of race in undergraduate admissions.</a> The Court’s decisions in these cases will undoubtedly shape the future of American higher education for millions of students.</span></p> <p><span>In<span> </span><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/affirmative-action-hangs-balance">previous challenges</a><span> </span>to<span> </span><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/affirmative-action-returns-supreme-court">affirmative action</a>,<span> the Court has<span> co</span></span><span>ntinued to<span> </span><a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/10/the-court-is-poised-to-set-jurisprudence-on-race-for-generations-and-not-just-in-affirmative-action/">uphold the principles of affirmative action</a></span><span><span> </span>and the notion that<span> </span><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/poll-majority-americans-support-diversity-higher-education-oppose-affirmative-action">diversity in higher education</a></span><span> serves a<span> </span><a href="https://www.naicu.edu/policy-advocacy/issue-brief-index/regulation/affirmative-action">compelling governmental interest</a>. </span></span><span>But the plaintiffs in both cases currently before the Court, a conservative activist group called Students for Fair Admissions, argue that<span> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/politics/harvard-unc-supreme-court-affirmative-action">affirmative action<span> </span><em>itself</em><span> </span>is discriminatory</a>. </span></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/profmmurray">Dr. Melissa Murray</a>, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes <a href="https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=40825">Professor of Law at NYU,</a> joins us to unpack these arguments and consider their ramifications.</p> <p> </p>
