Harvard Race Case Punctuates Supreme Court’s Turn to Right (1)

In <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"R67ZVYT0AFB4","_id":"0000017e-8df6-daaf-adfe-fdf7b6780000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">agreeing Monday to consider abolishing race-conscious university admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court and its 6-3 Republican-appointed majority took another big step toward transforming the nation’s legal landscape.

Already considering toppling the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision, the justices are now taking aim at another set of storied precedents: the rulings that let admissions offices use race to ensure a diverse campus.

And that’s just the start. The current term, which runs through June, is likely to feature rulings <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"R207JYDWLU6D","_id":"0000017e-8df6-daaf-adfe-fdf7b6790000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">expanding Second Amendment gun rights and <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"R1RE3CDWLU68","_id":"0000017e-8df6-daaf-adfe-fdf7b6790001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">restricting what the Environmental Protection Agency can do against climate change. And the court ...