Supreme Court Hears Cases Considering Affirmative Action In Higher Education

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 31: A lone opponent to affirmative action in higher education demonstrates outside the U.S. Supreme Court before oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina on October 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. The conservative Supreme Court will hear arguments for the two cases concerning the consideration of race as one factor in college admission at the two elite universities, which will have an effect on most institutions of higher education in the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)