Affirmative action

• WASHINGTON -- Affirmative action is heading back to the Supreme Court, and this time its prospects for survival are poorer than ever.
(Huffington Post)
• WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
(CBS News)
• WASHINGTON — In a 2003 decision that the majority said it expected would last for 25 years, the Supreme Court allowed public colleges and universities to take account of race in admission decisions.
(New York Times)
• WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing yesterday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action programs.
(Newsday)
• The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans agreed with the university, as did the trial judge in Austin, whose ruling observed that as long as Grutter remains good law, UTs current admissions program remains constitutional.
(Wall Street Journal)
• Since the retirement of Justice Sandra Day OConnor, conservatives have looked forward to the day when the Supreme Court would take up a new challenge to the use of race-based affirmative action in the nations colleges and universities.
(Imperial Valley Press Online)
• Are Grutter v. Bollinger's days numbered? In the 2003 decision, the court ruled 5-4 that racial diversity in higher education qualified as a compelling state interest, essential finding when the government classifies individuals by race.
(Wall Street Journal)
• (Newser) – The Supreme Court has twice backed up the idea that colleges can take race into account in college admissions, but the third time might not be the charm for supporters of affirmative action.
(Newser)
• Affirmative action found its way back onto The Daily Californian's front page Tuesday — this time without the help of a satirical bake sale.
(Daily Californian)