Students for Fair Admissions

SFFA is an offshoot of the Project on Fair Representation. SFFA's federal lawsuits have targeted Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Blum has set up websites to seek out plaintiffs.{{Cite web |title=Harvard University Not Fair |url=http://harvardnotfair.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810063233/http://harvardnotfair.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=1 August 2016 |website=Not Fair Harvard}}{{Cite web |title=Not Fair: UNC |url=http://uncnotfair.org/ |access-date=1 August 2016 |website=The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Not Fair}}{{Cite web |title=Not Fair: UW |url=http://uwnotfair.org/ |access-date=1 August 2016 |website=The University of Wisconsin at Madison Not Fair}}

Unlike the Fisher case, in which the plaintiff, Abigail Fisher, made herself public, the students rejected by Harvard and UNC have not revealed their identities because they want to shield themselves from potential retaliation.{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Giles |date=29 July 2016 |title=Abigail Fisher: Affirmative action plaintiff 'proud' of academic record |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36928990 |access-date=1 August 2016 |work=www.bbc.com |publisher=BBC News}}

Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Josh |date=18 October 2018 |title='The wolf of racial bias': the admissions lawsuit rocking Harvard |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/18/harvard-affirmative-action-trial-asian-american-students |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=The Guardian}} was dismissed in October 2019,{{Cite web |last=Binkley |first=Collin |date=2019-10-01 |title=Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard |url=https://apnews.com/article/2484445f29a549bfb6e88bac3ea8bde8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708214800/https://apnews.com/article/2484445f29a549bfb6e88bac3ea8bde8 |archive-date=2023-07-08 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Associated Press}} and that ruling was subsequently upheld on appeal.{{Cite web |title=STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE |url=http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/19-2005P-01A.pdf}} In February 2021, however, SFFA petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to review the case.{{Cite news |last=Lu |first=Vivi E. |date=2021-02-25 |title=Students for Fair Admissions Petitions SCOTUS to Take Up Suit Against Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/2/25/sffa-scotus-petition/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=The Harvard Crimson}} In June 2023, the Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion that ruled affirmative action programs in college admissions unconstitutional.https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf

In September 2023, the SFFA filed a lawsuit challenging the use of race and ethnicity as admissions factors at the United States Military Academy, as the Supreme Court exempted military academies from its ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. In February 2024, the organization's case against West Point Academy for considering race in admissions was denied certiorari upon appeal to the Supreme Court after losses in local courts.{{cite court |litigants=Students for Fair Admissions v USMA West Point Academy |vol= |reporter= |opinion=unsigned |pinpoint= |court=United States Supreme Court |date=02 February 2024 |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/020224zr1_2b35.pdf|quote= |postscript= }}

In December 2024, a federal judge ruled that the United States Naval Academy was exempt from the decision and could use race in their admission decisions, citing "military cohesion and other national security factors".{{Cite news |last=Skene |first=Lea |date=2024-12-06 |title=Judge upholds use of race in Naval Academy admissions, saying a diverse military is stronger |url=https://apnews.com/article/naval-academy-affirmative-action-trial-0a15c65f51031728a24b92379b1f542d |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=AP News |language=en}}

• Fisher v. University of Texas I
• Fisher v. University of Texas II
• Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
• Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

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