The Supreme Court decisions that struck down affirmative action programs and President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan will affect millions of people, whether they’re about to apply for college or […]
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Back to news homeAffirmative Action Ruling May Upend Diversity Hiring Policies, Too
As a legal matter, the Supreme Court’s rejection of race-conscious admissions in higher education does not in itself impede employers from pursuing diversity in the workplace.That, at least, is the […]
Many Student Loan Borrowers Will Continue to Struggle After Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court has barred the Biden administration from carrying out its plan to extinguish up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt, and millions of borrowers will continue to […]
How Transparency on College Costs Could Increase Diversity
Colleges and universities make applicants get admitted before quoting the price they would actually pay. Until recently, this was merely annoying.Now, it’s glaringly counterproductive to the goal of enrolling freshman […]
Supreme Court Backs Employer in Suit Over Strike Losses
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that federal labor law did not protect a union from liability for damage that arose during a strike, and that a state court should […]
Supreme Court to Hold Hearing on Biden’s Student Loan Plan
In September, Jason Doresky received a $10,000 direct deposit from the Education Department. It was a refund for payments he had made voluntarily on his federal student loans since March […]
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Targets a Legal Shield of Tech Giants
Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old California college student, was studying abroad in Paris in November 2015 when she was among the 130 people killed in a coordinated series of terrorist attacks […]
Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech
Partisanship has made the logjam worse. Republicans, some of whom have accused Facebook, Twitter and other sites of censoring them, have pressured the platforms to leave more content up. In […]
How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous
The association’s consultants predicted, for example, that Virginia could expect to collect an extra $57 million a year in tax revenue if it legalized mobile sports betting and applied a […]
Did the Supreme Court Open the Door to Reviving One of Its Worst Decisions?
The dominance on the court of “originalism,” the doctrine that interprets the constitution and its amendments as they would have been understood at the time they were written, also bodes […]