Harvard University is asking the Supreme Court to not take a discrimination case brought against the Ivy League school over its admissions policy, which takes race into account. The case was first raised in 2014 by advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), on behalf of a coalition of students who claimed to have been rejected from Harvard because of their Asian ancestry—a violation of Title VI, the federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding. In February, three months after the First Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Harvard and upheld the university’s”race-conscious” admission practices, the SFFA filed a petition (pdf) to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to reignite the seven-year-long legal battle. “Harvard’s mistreatment of Asian-American applicants is appalling,” the SFFA’s court filing reads. “Harvard penalizes them because, according to its admissions office, they lack leadership and confidence and are less likable and kind. …