Washington (AFP) – The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear suits alleging that race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are discriminatory against Asian-American students. The case takes aim at decades-old affirmative action policies designed to increase African-American enrollment in higher education and promote a more diverse student body. The nation’s highest court has previously upheld the policies, as recently as 2016. But six of the nine current justices are now conservative-leaning, including three nominated by former president Donald Trum…