Affirmative Action
Justice Department seeks to intervene in lawsuit alleging race-based admissions at UCLA medical school
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The U.S. Justice Department moved on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, to join a federal lawsuit accusing UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine of unlawfully considering race in admissions, an allegation the school disputes. The filing comes as the Trump administration intensifies scrutiny of race-conscious decision-making in higher education and follows the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling limiting the use of race in college admissions.
A new lawsuit filed in federal court in Louisiana challenges the Small Business Administration’s long‑standing practice of automatically treating members of certain racial and ethnic groups as “socially disadvantaged” for purposes of federal benefits. The case, brought by the Center for Individual Rights on behalf of an AI company and a conservative youth organization, argues that the SBA’s core 8(a) regulation is unconstitutional in light of recent Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action.