Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Affirmative Action Case

I found this pieces on the front page of the New York Times to be very interesting because it deals with the issue of where the government's powers lies, and the authority they have to make decisions. In a new case brought up in the Supreme Court, Fisher vs. Texas, a white student named Abigail Fisher sued the state of Texas in order to challenge its way of allocating the remaining spots in a complicated arrangement where race plays a significant role. She states that she did not receive entry into the University of Texas because of her race; however, the Supreme Court ruled only in 2003 that "public colleges and universities could not use a point system to boost minority enrollment but could take race into account in vaguer ways to ensure academic diversity." This ruling, written by former Justice O'Connor, was meant to last for twenty-five years and was intended to make admissions become "color-blind" in their processes. This new case moreover should illuminate the line of where the United States government can stand on affirmative action, and maybe some governing to as how "minority percentages" are found. Most importantly, this case could help the nation move past "racial balancing" and move into simply excepting those whom they see fit for the school regardless of color or race. 

-Sean Ramras

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