Rowers on the Charles River pass Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The action demonstrated anew the administration’s deep skepticism of affirmative action in education and pointed to the direction it is likely to take if the issue reaches the Supreme Court again. Under President Barack Obama, the Justice Department had made legal arguments in support of how colleges use race in admissions. In the Harvard case, the department said it drew several conclusions from evidence it has reviewed. Harvard has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said the lawsuit is part of an ideological campaign to overturn Supreme Court rulings that allow affirmative action.

Source: Washington Post August 30, 2018 14:21 UTC