The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge to new admissions criteria at an elite public high school in Virginia that eliminated standardized tests, clearing the way for the use of a policy intended to diversify the school’s student body.
As is its custom, the court gave no reasons for turning down the case.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued a dissent, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, that was harshly critical of an appeals court’s ruling in the case upholding the new criteria and rejecting the challengers’ argument that they unlawfully disadvantaged Asian Americans.
The Supreme Court’s “willingness to swallow the aberrant decision below is hard to understand,” Justice Alito wrote.
G. Roberts, quoted an earlier ruling that stated, “what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly.”
Persons:
Samuel A, Alito Jr, Clarence Thomas, ”, Alito, “, John, G, Roberts
Organizations:
Harvard, University of North
Locations:
Virginia, University of North Carolina