Even though the gestational period for elephants is 22 months?

The oral argument already happened. It's usually pretty clear how most of the justices are going to vote based on the questions they ask, not to mention their past decisions/writings on the topic.

And for this particular issue, the last time affirmative action was in front of the court it was 4-3 to uphold it. All three dissenting votes are still on the court, while three of the four from the majority have left. Add in Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett who weren't on the court at the time, and it's pretty likely at least two of them will vote to strike down AA.

Colleges already do that.

The UK makes it extremely difficult to build homes. It is probably the most NIMBY country in the world. Landowners have no right to build anything; everything must be approved on a discretionary basis by the local council.

The original strain - which is the basis of the vaccines - is not still out there. I mean that it is literally extinct.

With that being said, the current variants evolved from the original strain, and they still have many similarities. Getting a vaccine for the original strain will offer some protection against the current variants.

Estate taxes are based on the size of the estate, not the size of an individual’s inheritance.