{"id":"41e94b65-2ead-4688-8cf1-6bef22521d77","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-hear-new-case-race-school-admissions-time-maryland-rcna604328","domain":"nbcnews.com","outlet":{"name":"NBC News","country":"US","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false,"owner":"NBCUniversal"},"title":"Supreme Court to hear a new case on race and school admissions, this time in Maryland","plainHeadline":"Supreme Court to hear Maryland case on magnet school admissions","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Montgomery County magnet school admissions policies.","The case attacks a lottery-based STEM magnet program and a discontinued low-poverty outreach program.","Plaintiffs argue policies aimed to increase Black and Latino enrollment violate the 14th Amendment.","The court will decide a narrow question of what evidence is needed, not the constitutional issue itself.","Courts previously ruled in favor of the school district; similar Montgomery cases have been heard before."],"topics":[],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T13:51:59.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T14:09:36.575Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/517e1627-695f-4c4e-ab8f-296ef655d1f5","storyId":"517e1627-695f-4c4e-ab8f-296ef655d1f5","image":"https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261019-supreme-court-mn-0945-fba7f5.jpg","author":"Lawrence Hurley","dek":"The Supreme Court agreed to hear a new challenge to school admissions policies on diversity, taking up a case on magnet programs in Montgomery County, Maryland."}