Yesterday the University of Texas at Austin filed its brief on the merits in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, in which the Court will consider whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits the university to use race in its undergraduate admissions decisions. The Daily Texan reports on the case and the underlying admissions policy at issue, while YouTube features a video address from Bill Powers, the president of the university, who defends the admissions policy as “narrowly tailored and modest.” The San Antonio Express-News also has coverage
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