Question

the current supreme court precedent for the use of affirmative action in college admissions is that diversity in education is a compelling state interest and that the use of race in admissions is constitutional only if it is used as one of a number of factors in a decision.

true
false

Explanation:

Analyze the current Supreme Court precedent

In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (and SFFA v. UNC) that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision effectively ended the use of affirmative action in college admissions, overturning the previous precedent set in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) which held that diversity was a compelling state interest and race could be used as one of many factors. Therefore, the statement describing this as the "current" precedent is false.

Answer:

• True
• False (Correct answer)