WASHINGTON – The University of Texas’ affirmative action admissions policy, and perhaps even a 2003 landmark ruling on race, appeared in serious trouble yesterday during arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eight justices heard from lawyers for the university, a white woman denied admission in 2008, and the United States in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, 11-345. Justice Elena Kagan did not participate apparently because of experience with the litigation in her prior role as U.S. solicitor general.
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