The U.S. Supreme Court could soon rule whether or not affirmative action is unconstitutional as it preps to hear arguments on Wednesday in the case of Fisher v. the University of Texas.
Abigail Noel Fisher sued the public university after being denied entrance, claiming that she was denied because of the fact that UT used race as a factor in determining who was admitted.
The Court previously ruled that public schools can use race as one factor in a set of criteria as long as it’s not a predominant one, but that could be changed pending the result of this trial.
To discuss the trial and its significance, host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke with Anthony Caso, director of the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic and writer of an amicus brief in opposition to UT’s affirmative action program, and Amos Jones, professor at Campbell Law School.
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