Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming oral arguments in cases targeting race-based admissions policies at Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill. Kokai offered these comments during an Oct. 28, 2022, appearance on One America News Network.
The U.S. solicitor general will take part in oral arguments next month in a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with admissions policies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The nation’s highest court announced Friday that oral arguments on Oct. 31 will last 90 minutes. That’s 30 minutes longer than the time allotment originally announced.
A filing this month in the U.S. Supreme Court accuses University of North Carolina leaders of making the same types of arguments that segregationists made against the landmark 1954 ruling Brown v. Board of Education. The brief from Students for Fair Admissions marks the latest salvo in that group’s battle against UNC’s race-based admissions policy. The nation’s highest court will hear oral arguments in the case on Oct. 31.
Robinson and Virginia Lt. Gov Winsome Sear have joined forces to pen a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Asian-American students suing Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill.
