Revisiting affirmative action, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 agreed to take a second look at the constitutionality of the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
The court granted review in Fisher v. University of Texas, a sequel to its 2013 decision with the same name. Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the consideration of the petition. The high court’s 7-1 decision in the first case stopped short of overturning the affirmative-action program. But the justices told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to review it under a stricter standard less deferential to the university.
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