US Supreme Court to hear affirmative action cases

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The US Supreme Court has announced that it will consider whether university race-based admissions violate civil rights laws.

It will hear challenges to affirmative actions policies at both Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Both have faced lawsuits alleging admissions processes are discriminatory against Asian American or white applicants.

It may have far-reaching implications for colleges across the country.

The court has repeatedly upheld racially-conscious admissions, most recently at the University of Texas in 2016.

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