Harvard begs Supreme Court to keep affirmative action and protect ‘student body diversity’

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An attorney for Harvard University insisted the Ivy League institution did not discriminate against Asian American applicants during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday even as he acknowledged that the institution gave those applicants a lower personality score.

The case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, was the second of two the Supreme Court heard Monday challenging the constitutionality of affirmative action in college admissions and specifically asks the court to overrule its 2003 precedent in Grutter v. Bollinger, which allows colleges to use race on a limited basis when considering applications.
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