Affirmative Action in the Court

About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court cases on affirmative action and features insights from legal experts.

**This podcast was originally published on the Harvard Political Review website on October 29th, 2022.** This Halloween, the Supreme Court will hear two cases on affirmative action involving the Students For Fair Admissions, Harvard, and the University of North Carolina. Listen in to learn from several legal experts about the history of affirmative action in the court, their opinions on its constitutionality, and what they believe will happen next. This podcast was written and produced by Gabriella Foulkes. The music in this podcast ( 1 ) ( 2 ) was created by PodcastAC and is licensed under  Attribution 4.0 License .  Leaves sound effect  was created by dela.deb and is licensed under  Attribution 3.0 License .  Image  by  Ian Hutchinson  is licensed under the  Unsplash License . 

People in this episode

Guest: Legal Experts

Topics covered

• affirmative action
• Supreme Court
• legal opinions

Keywords

• Students For Fair Admissions
• Harvard
• University of North Carolina

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