A federal judge ruled in Harvard’s favor last year, but an appeal in the case will be heard next month, with the federal government supporting the plaintiffs. Samuel Bagenstos, a law professor at the University of Michigan, suggested that the Yale finding was motivated by “the almost certain fear by Trump administration officials that there’s at least a substantial likelihood that come January, they won’t be here. He said that Thursday’s finding, which was only four pages long, seemed rushed — unlike the pages and pages of extensive discussions of the facts that usually characterize such letters. They said they agreed with the Justice Department ruling but were afraid of being savaged on social media for their views. Zuri Goodman, 20, a Yale junior, said he had misgivings about whether the university’s admissions process was fair to everyone.

Source: New York Times August 14, 2020 23:03 UTC