Law

Education

Supreme Court overturns legal precedent on college affirmative action programs

12:33pm June 30, 2023

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What does this mean for colleges and perspective students?

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Student is trapped under a giant college graduation cap.

What the Supreme Court's rejection of student loan relief means for borrowers

11:54am June 30, 2023

by Cory Turner

The court has struck down President Biden's plan to discharge federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. Here are five takeaways for borrowers and the country.

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The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 27 as the term heads into what's expected to be the final week.

Supreme Court kills Biden's student debt plan in a setback for millions of borrowers

11:40am June 30, 2023

The court unanimously dismissed on standing grounds a challenge to President Biden's groundbreaking plan to forgive some or all federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

Supreme Court rules in favor of web designer who refused work for same-sex weddings

11:26am June 30, 2023

The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

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Education

Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt forgiveness program

11:21am June 30, 2023

Millions of federal borrowers will not see their debts decreased or erased. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans will have to restart loan payments as soon as September.

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Education

Morning news brief

10:45am June 30, 2023

The Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs, and will rule on challenges to the student debt forgiveness plan. The contract between actors and studios expires at midnight.

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Education

Justices ban affirmative action in college admissions. What's it mean for the future?

7:25am June 30, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to John B. King, Jr., chancellor of the State University of New York system, about how schools are adjusting their policies and practices after the Supreme Court's ruling.

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Protesters for and against affirmative action demonstrate on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional.

With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next

5:34am June 30, 2023

by Elena Moore

With the Supreme Court having ruled against affirmative action policies in higher education, some legal experts worry about the future of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 5.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

7:51pm June 29, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

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The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building in Washington on Jan. 10.

The Supreme Court rules against USPS in Sunday work case

6:50pm June 29, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The court ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian Postal Service carrier who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.