More Affirmative Action Crap

Liberal Racism                          Race Based Decisions “ In 1997, the Texas legislature enacted a law requiring the University of Texas to admit all high school seniors who ranked in the top ten percent of their high school classes. After finding differences between the racial and ethnic makeup of the university's undergraduate population and the state's population, the University of Texas decided to modify its race-neutral admissions policy. The new policy continued to admit all in-state students who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school classes. For the remainder of the in-state freshman class the university would consider race as a factor in admission. Abigail N. Fisher, a Caucasian female, applied for undergraduate admission to the University of Texas in 2008. Fisher was not in the top ten percent of her class, so she competed for admission with other non-top ten percent in-state applicants. The University of Texas denied Fisher's application. [Fisher and U.S. Constitution  v. Texas] The question before the Court is "Does the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permit the consideration of race in undergraduate admissions decisions?" It would seem to me that this question answered by  Hopwood v. Texas, for one; and by common sense for all. Still,  below, a rare opprtunity to hear the SCOTUS in action.  Argument Fisher v. University of Texas - Oral ArgumentFull Transcript Text  ”