In the weeks following the U.S. Supreme Court’s long-anticipated, higher-education affirmative action ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College (SFFA), anti-affirmative action proponents initiated a flurry of threats and litigation that have extended beyond the narrow scope of the holding.

Litigation targets have included fellowship programs run by large global law firms; a venture capital grant program that directed funds to businesses owned by black women; and a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program run by a multinational food manufacturing company aimed at expanding minority representation in management positions.