"Supreme Court Declines Cases on Race in School Admissions"

The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to new admissions criteria at a Virginia public high school, allowing the use of a policy aimed at diversifying the student body. The decision, along with a recent order regarding West Point's admissions program, suggests that most justices are not eager to immediately explore the limits of their ruling from June, which struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The revisions to the Virginia admissions program followed protests over the murder of George Floyd and aimed to increase diversity by adopting race-neutral admissions standards.