There goes affirmative action.

Jan 24, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    70% Negative

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"Despite similar challenges, the court has repeatedly upheld affirmative action in the past."
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22% Conservative
"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-will-consider-challenges-affirmative-action-harvard-unc-admissions-n1287915WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear challenges to the admissions process at Harvard and University of North Carolina, presenting the most serious threat in decades to the use of affirmative action by the nation's public and private colleges and universities."
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4% Conservative
"In the latest case, a group backed by a longtime opponent of affirmative action, Edward Blum of Maine, sued Harvard in federal court, claiming its undergraduate admissions system discriminated against Asian-American students."
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-4% Liberal
"The Biden administration last month urged the Supreme Court not to hear the case, arguing the reconsideration of its past decisions would be disruptive for universities that had come to rely on the permissibility of a holistic, flexible approach like Harvard's as a benchmark in structuring their own admissions policies."
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-16% Liberal
"Their replacements, Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett are conservative and considered less likely to find the practice constitutional."
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-26% Liberal
"Their replacements, Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett are conservative and considered less likely to find the practice constitutional."
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-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Despite similar challenges, the court has repeatedly upheld affirmative action in the past.
52% : https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-will-consider-challenges-affirmative-action-harvard-unc-admissions-n1287915WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear challenges to the admissions process at Harvard and University of North Carolina, presenting the most serious threat in decades to the use of affirmative action by the nation's public and private colleges and universities.
48% : In the latest case, a group backed by a longtime opponent of affirmative action, Edward Blum of Maine, sued Harvard in federal court, claiming its undergraduate admissions system discriminated against Asian-American students.

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