U.S. judge rejects claim Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants

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The lawsuit was brought by a group hoping to eventually overturn U.S. Supreme Court precedents that allow colleges to consider race as one factor in admissions, so long as quotas are not involved. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston concluded that Harvard's program survived strict legal scrutiny, and advanced the Ivy League school's interest in having a diverse student body. "The court will not dismantle a very fine admissions program that passes constitutional muster, solely because it could do better," Burroughs, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, wrote in a 130-page decision.