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The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Confusion
« on: June 27, 2016, 11:49:12 am »
A new decision doubles down on decades’ worth of dubious precedent.

By Robert VerBruggen • June 27, 2016

In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court has upheld the use of race in admissions at the University of Texas-Austin. Swing justice Anthony Kennedy unexpectedly joined the liberals and wrote the majority opinion in the case, Fisher v. University of Texas; with Antonin Scalia’s death and Elena Kagan’s recusal, there were only seven votes.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-confusion/