This session, the Supreme Court will revisit a controversial issue: affirmative action. Last week, oral arguments were heard in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, in which Abigail ...
2. Under Grutter, courts will defer to a university’s educational judgment that the attainment of a racially/ethnically diverse student body is essential to its educational mission. 3.
The US Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit's opinion in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case, ruling that the "race-conscious admissions program in use at the time" is lawful ...
In Fisher v. University of Texas I the Court found 7-1 (Justice Elena Kagan abstaining) that the Fifth Circuit had not correctly applied Grutter, and remanded the case for reconsideration.
The Supreme Court’s latest ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin put an end to one of the most closely watched legal fights in higher education. The court upheld the Austin campus ...
The Main Building at the University of Texas at Austin. (Photo courtesy of Larry D. Moore via Wikimedia Commons) HOUSTON (CN) — An anti-affirmative action group led by activist Abigail Fisher asked ...
One prominent high school head coach who had previously sent players to Texas A&M described Fisher as a “used car salesman" in a conversation with 247Sports. Instead of Fisher, the Aggies sent ...