sandra: awaiting a press conference for students for fair admission who brought on this case after we heard from the president there just a short time ago. so that presser in washington will be underway any moment. we ll get there when it begins. the group brought two separate cases against the university of north carolina and harvard to the nation s highest court and asian-american student claims he was rejected from six elite universities by race. reaction out of it. thank you for coming. let me introduce participants of this press conference. on my far right is calvin yang, calvin is a participating member of students for fair admissions. he was rejected from harvard a few years ago. to my right is thomas mccarthy, typical spelling, thomas mccarthy. tom is the founding partner of a law firm consevoir and mccarthy, and chief trial counsel and students for fair admissions versus the university of north carolina. to my left is adam mortara. adam is with mortara law, forme
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions (SSFA) in their case against Harvard University and University of North Carolina, effective.
initiate litigation should universities defiantly flout this clear ruling and the dictates of title 6 and the equal protection clause. and finally, this organization is deeply grateful to the lawyers who have pursued this litigation with such skill and commitment. and finally, we are grateful to the dozens of young courageous men and women who joined ssfa as high school seniors after they were rejected from harvard and the university of north carolina. their dedication to the principles of equality is inspirational. thank you. calvin. good afternoon, ladies and
alumni, faculty and staff, athletes, and most notably, substantial donors. these preferences have been vigorously defended by these exclusive schools, even though court records reveal they have diminished individualized student diversity at nearly every competitive university in the country. the elimination of these preferences is long overdue and ssfa hopes these opinions will compel higher education institutions to end these practices. looking ahead at the upcoming admissions cycle, ssfa and its counsel have been closely monitoring the changes in admissions procedures should the court reach a decision like the one today. we remain vigilant and intend to