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Supreme Court Upholds Ruling that Ended Texas Affirmative Action
By Larry Margasak/AP
The Supreme Court remained silent Monday on race-conscious admissions policies in higher education, refusing to hear Texas’ challenge to a ruling that its law school affirmative action program discriminated against whites.
Without comment, the decision not to take the case showed the justices are not yet ready to break years of silence on preferential admissions in public colleges. This may not be the last word, however, because challenges to the University of Michigan’s preferential policies could reach the court in the October term.
The high court hasn’t spoken definitively on the issue since the fractured 1978 Bakke decision, when the majority said universities may take race into account in admissions.
States across the country are wrestling with ways to keep up minority enrollment in public colleges, and several are operating under court orders or negotiated agreements to end affirmative action in higher education.
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