Alabama is appealing a lower court's ruling invalidating a map approved by the state's Republican-controlled legislature drawing the boundaries of the state's seven U.S. The justices next Tuesday are set to hear arguments in an Alabama case that threatens to cripple a landmark civil rights law - the Voting Rights Act, which bars racial discrimination in voting. The schools have said they use race as only one factor in a host of individualized evaluations for admission without quotas to promote campus diversity.

Blum's group accused the schools of discriminating against applicants on the basis of race in violation of federal law or the U.S. A group founded by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum is appealing lower court rulings that upheld race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. 31 gives its conservative majority a chance to end affirmative action admissions policies used by many colleges and universities to increase their numbers of Black and Hispanic students. RACE-CONSCIOUS STUDENT ADMISSIONS POLICIESĪ legal fight coming before the court on Oct.

Here is a look at some of the cases that the justices are due to hear during the term.

Supreme Court on Monday opens a new nine-month termloaded with important cases on issues including race, voting rights, religious liberty, environmental regulation, the power of federal agencies and even Andy Warhol paintings.

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