Affirmative action on the line as Supreme Court hears Harvard and UNC admissions case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The civil rights community is united because we know that we are stronger together, even in the face of the so-called Students for Fair Admissions' -- and Ed Blum's -- attacks on affirmative action," Maya Wiley, the president and CEO of the LCEF, told the Washington Examiner.
55% : However, the university's counsel notes it is prepared to give "serious and ongoing consideration to race-neutral alternatives" and that it would conform "the most promising strategies for attaining diversity in race-neutral ways" if the justices strike affirmative action.
54% : HOW COLLEGES COURT TOUT 'DIVERSITY' EVEN IF SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
52% : Colleges across the United States are preparing for a future without race-based admissions policies as the Supreme Court will soon decide whether to end decades of affirmative action precedent.
47% : Edward Blum, the 70-year-old head at SFFA and a longtime critic of affirmative action, said the group represents nearly 20,000 students who are asking the high court to overturn its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, which affirmed the partial use of race in admissions at the University of Michigan in a 5-4 opinion in 2003, so long as it didn't rely on race as a sole deciding factor.
47% : Several demonstrations and rallies are planned to happen outside of the high court Monday, including more than 100 students from Harvard and 40 students from Yale University in defense of affirmative action, among other advocacy groups.
47% : The Justice Department argued in a December brief that the pair of cases was a "poor vehicle" for reexamining past affirmative action precedent.
46% : The legal effort was brought to the high court by the conservative group Students for Fair Admissions, which argues that nearly four decades of affirmative action precedent have disproportionately harmed Asian American applicants and that institutions should amend their policies to adopt "race-neutral" standards.
45% : However, critics of SFFA, such as the Leadership Conference Education Fund, allege the conservative group is attempting to quash progressive racial equity efforts and that ruling against affirmative action could lead to diminished diversity not only in universities, but in other sectors such as colleges that offer military ROTC programs.

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