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Recommended: Affirmative action in college admissions? Supreme Court to hear case

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday morning that it will review affirmative action for the first time in almost a decade after a white student was denied acceptance into the University of Texas, according to The Associated The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first […]

One more big case: High court adds affirmative action in college entry to …

Raising the stakes for defenders of affirmative action is this development: Justice Elena Kagan has taken herself off the case, because she worked on the issue while serving in the Obama Justice Department. That takes a MARK SHERMAN,AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, […]