Stack the deck against, forced to divulge its secretive application deliberations

As the lawsuit accusing Harvard of stacking the deck against Asian-American applicants unfolds in court, the university, pictured above, has been forced to divulge its secretive application deliberations.

divulge

/dʌɪˈvʌldʒ,dɪˈvʌldʒ/

verb

1. make known (private or sensitive information).

   "I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age"

deliberation

/dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

1. 1.

   long and careful consideration or discussion.

   "after much deliberation we arrived at a compromise"
2. 2.

   slow and careful movement or thought.

   "he replaced the glass on the table with deliberation"

to arrange things against someone or something. (Originally from card playing;stacking the deck is to cheat by arranging the cards to be dealt out to one's advantage.)

 I can't get ahead at my office. Someone has stacked the cards against me.

Stack the deck against - Idioms by The Free Dictionary