Supreme Court Takes Up Major New Battle Over Race in School Admissions
19th October 2026
The high court on Monday announced it will take up the case of Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, concerning a Maryland county’s lottery admissions policy to increase racial diversity at certain magnet middle schools. The lawsuit, filed by a coalition of Asian American parents, claims the lottery discriminates against Asian Americans.
The Supreme Court in 2023 rejected race-based college and university admissions policies in a case where the plaintiffs were also Asian American.
While the case is about K-12, the outcome could also affect higher education, said Wilcox, senior attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation.
“After the Harvard case, universities continued to use proxies for race,” Wilcox told The Daily Signal. “We believe this was an intentional disicrmination case.”
Wilcox said the Pacific Legal Foundation has reviewed public school districts in Boston, New York City, and Alexandria, Virginia, that have used what it considers similar stealth race-based policies. So the case will have national ramifications.
You may ask: Why is the Left so invested in disadvantaging smart people in favor of less-smart people?
Look at a bell-curve distribution of average IQ by race and you’ll find the answer.