The Supreme Court's Judgment on Affirmative Action

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Abigail Fisher was a white student who applied to the University of Texas in 2008. She argued that the University's use of race and admission process violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The upshot was that University of Texas at Austin was using race in a constitutionally permissible way, she says.

The Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC. The ruling is likely to reshape affirmative action in America.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.

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