Supreme Court Hears Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College & UNC

One of the most important cases presented before the Supreme Court in the 2022-2023 session was the Oct. 31st hearing in which the non-profit organization are accusing both prestigious Colleges benefit black applicants at the expense of Asian-American students in their race-conscious admissions programs. This has been an issue being flagged in colleges and universities across the country in the last few years. I believe catering to a specific race versus evaluating students on their own intellectual merits hinders the college application process and many students. It is a violation of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin by any educational program that receives money from the federal government. Decisions made concerning admissions should be unbiased and return to the caliber of student let in. Due to quotas that many colleges have now, Asian-American students who deserve to get into certain colleges and universities are being unjustly rejected. It is an affront to the college application system, which at one point, used to be fair and unbiased.

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