- Ahead of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of affirmative action in universities’ admissions process, 50% of Americans are opposed to the race-based method, according to a new Pew Research poll.
- Approximately 74% of Republicans disapprove of the use of affirmative action while 29% of Democrats also disapprove of the race-based admissions process, according to a Pew Research poll.
- In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two lawsuits that will decide whether Harvard University and the University of North Carolina’s use of race-based admission policies is constitutional.
