Supreme Court to consider affirmative action in higher education
The Supreme Court announced today that it will take up its first major affirmative action case since Grutter v. Bollinger. In Fisher v. Texas, a white student named Abigail Fisher said she was rejected by the University of Texas
On Countdown with Keith Olbermann, he noted that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who very often determines contentious cases, had previously voted against affirmative action. “There's no question that they have the presumed
It will bring the issue of affirmative action in higher education to the high court's docket for the first time since its 2003 ruling upholding the use of race in admissions. "We're hoping that this case presents the Supreme Court with the opportunity
Returning for the first time in nine years to the ongoing controversy over the use of race in public college admissions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review the constitutionality of a broad affirmative action program
Raising the stakes for defenders of affirmative action is this development: Justice Elena Kagan has taken herself off the case, because she worked on the issue while serving in the Obama Justice Department. That takes a
