Supreme Court Sends Affirmative Action Case Back
The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look, keeping alive the plaintiff’s case — and the chance to repeal Affirmative Action.
The court’s 7-1 decision Monday leaves unsettled many of the basic questions about the continued use of race as a factor in college admissions.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, says a federal appeals court needs to subject the University of Texas admission plan to the highest level of judicial scrutiny.
The case was brought up by a white woman denied admission to the University of Texas who seeks to overturn the school’s consideration of race among many factors in filling the last quarter of its freshman classes.
A broad ruling would have ended the use of race in college admissions nationwide.
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