Supreme Court Flexes Conservative Muscles in Term’s Final Days
- Final-week rulings among five that split 6-3 on ideology
- Justices to hear cases on gun rights, federal power in fall
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The US Supreme Court waited until the end of its nine-month term to remind the country just how much muscle its 6-3 conservative majority has.
In a trio of rulings Thursday and Friday, the justices outlawed the use of race in college admissions, struck down President Joe Biden’s student-loan relief plan and crafted a First Amendment exception to anti-discrimination laws.