Supreme Court decides Fisher v. University of Texas...again
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3 years ago, the Court heard an affirmative action case involving college admissions.
Three years ago, the Supreme Court sent an affirmative action case involving college admissions back to a lower court and said "strict scrutiny" should be applied when examining the University of Texas's race-based policy. Well, the ambiguity of "strict scrutiny" led this week to round two in the case Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas.
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Supreme Court decides Fisher v. University of Texas...again
Clip: Season 2016 | 3m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Three years ago, the Supreme Court sent an affirmative action case involving college admissions back to a lower court and said "strict scrutiny" should be applied when examining the University of Texas's race-based policy. Well, the ambiguity of "strict scrutiny" led this week to round two in the case Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas.
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