Complete transcript: Supreme Court arguments on UT reverse discrimination case
In case you weren't one of the lucky few to attend the Supreme Court arguments today in the landmark Texas reverse discrimination case, here is a complete transcript of the justices questions and...
View ArticleComplete text of Supreme Court decisions in Fisher v. University of Texas
Here are the complete texts of the Supreme Court opinions today in the case of Abigail Fisher v. the Unversity of Texas. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a...
View ArticleSupreme Court sidesteps affirmative action decision in Texas ruling, tells...
By its compromise decision, the justices effectively upheld -- at least until the case returns to the high court -- the view that diversity is a "compelling interest" in college admissions. Fisher's...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Harry Reid tries to finish immigration reform by Fourth of July
Senators will vote Monday on a border security proposal to double the size of the Border Patrol, require 700 miles of new fencing on the Mexican border and create a squadron of unmanned aerial drones...
View ArticleReaction: Everyone from Ted Cruz to Sheila Jackson Lee is claiming victory in...
"Discriminating because of race is wrong, and this was a victory for our color-blind Constitution," Sen. Ted Cruz said in a statement. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat, said the ruling...
View ArticleUPDATED: Abigail Fisher says she’s confident UT ‘won’t be able to use race in...
Abigail Fisher, a 23-year-old at the center of this year's Supreme Court case on affirmative action, predicts that Monday's decision will mark the end of race-based admissions at the University of Texas.
View ArticleAnalysis: Supreme Court delays a final showdown over affirmative action
The Texas affirmative action dispute is the first of two Supreme Court cases to be decided this week that deal with the limits of government action to counteract the legacy of state-sponsored racial...
View ArticleAnalysis: The South has risen again as Supreme Court affirms states’ rights,...
The common thread in both cases is that the wrongs of the past -- in the era of American Apartheid -- should not be held against generations born after segregation ended and states that have overcome...
View ArticleTop Ten: Abigail Fisher declares victory after Supreme Court revives her...
Every week Texas on the Potomac gives you a second glimpse of our most popular stories from last week. Here are the most viewed stories from June 23- June 29.
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