As SCOTUS Tackles Affirmative Action, The Film Academy Should Keep A Wary Eye Out
deadline.comThose who run the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences might want to keep an eye—just one eye, not two, but a sharp one nonetheless—on the Supreme Court of the United States, as the court deliberates the future of affirmative action in college admissions.
The court, as has been widely noted, will hear oral argument in two parallel cases—one against the private Harvard University, the other against the public University of North Carolina—on Oct.
31. It is then expected to rule sometime next year. What SCOTUS decides about academic affirmative action would seem to have little direct legal bearing on the film Academy and the race-, gender- and disability-based inclusion standards it is poised to impose on the Oscar Best Picture race beginning with the 2024 ceremony.
After all, educational institutions are governed by a wide range of specific state and federal laws and court precedents, and the movies, even when overseen by a nudgy nonprofit, are still relatively free of such regulation.
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