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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a challenge to a temporary admissions policy at Boston's three elite public high schools. The policy, implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, aimed to increase racial and economic diversity by adopting race-neutral admissions criteria, which resulted in more Black and Latino students being admitted. A group of white and Asian parents argued that the policy discriminated against their children, but the First Circuit upheld the policy. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, with Alito issuing a five-page dissent expressing concerns about the constitutional implications of the policy and suggesting that the court's denial undermines its affirmative action decision.