Politics Jul 25 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Education Department investigates Harvard’s legacy admissions By Michael Casey, Associated Press
Politics Jul 20 WATCH: Senate Judiciary approves bill to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court The ethics legislation has little chance of passing the Senate — it would need at least nine GOP votes, and Republicans have strongly opposed it — or the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Education Jul 13 Watch 5:37 Affirmative action ruling prompts new push to end legacy admissions The Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in college admissions has renewed the debate over legacy admissions. A Boston-based nonprofit filed a complaint alleging Harvard’s legacy and donor-based admissions favors white students, and the NAACP called on 1,600 public and… By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris
Politics Jul 11 Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts State Supreme Court justices lobbed questions Tuesday at attorneys for the state and the seven voters suing over maps they claim dilute their voting power and violate the state constitution. By Sam Metz, Associated Press
Politics Jul 11 AP investigation reveals potential conflicts of interest for Supreme Court justices Emails and other documents show that Supreme Court staff members have been directly engaged in facilitating book sales by asking schools how many copies they want to buy and by helping to arrange the purchase of mass quantities. By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Jul 03 Nonprofit files civil rights complaint challenging legacy admissions at Harvard By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, is filing the civil rights complaint on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England, alleging that Harvard’s admissions system violates the Civil Rights Act. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 7:21 What the Supreme Court’s latest term tells us about its future direction By John Yang, Andrew Corkery The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term this past week with the six conservative justices again flexing their supermajority to make big changes in law and society. Marcia Coyle, the PBS NewsHour’s Supreme Court analyst, joins John Yang to discuss… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 10:26 Biden pledges alternative plan after Supreme Court strikes down student debt relief By Geoff Bennett, Marcia Coyle, Courtney Norris, Saher Khan, Ryan Connelly Holmes The Supreme Court struck down President Biden's plan to cancel more than $400 billion in student loan debt. The decision affects more than 40 million borrowers, but the president insisted that his fight is not over and pledged an alternative… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 5:49 Colleges adapt admissions programs in wake of affirmative action ruling By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow As colleges and universities digest the Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended affirmative action, schools are left to grapple with how to revamp their admission policies to ensure the diversity of their campuses. That will be a challenge and some… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 10:47 Brooks and Capehart on the implications of the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions By Geoff Bennett, David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the implications of the Supreme Court’s major decisions this week. Continue watching