Washington sources reported that a group of Asian-American was suing Harvard University, saying that admission files showed a pattern of discrimination against the community that goes back decades. Meanwhile the media reported the group, Students for Fair Admissions, has demanded the varsity to publicly release admissions data on hundreds of thousands of applicants which challenges Harvard's admissions policies.
As per report the students for Fair Admissions includes more than a dozen Asian-American students who applied to Harvard and were rejected. Meanwhile the plaintiffs said in a letter to the court that the data was so compelling that there was no need for a trial, and that they would ask the judge to rule summarily in their favor based on the data alone.
William S. Consovoy, the lawyer for the group, said in his letter to the
court that "This is an important and closely watched civil rights
case". He said "The public has a right to know exactly what is going
on at Harvard. Even if this were a commercial issue as Harvard would like to
portray it the public would have a right to know if the product is defective or
if a fraud is being perpetrated".
