The Court's Decision in Fisher v. University of Texas

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In 2003, a 6-3 majority ruled that Michigan's admissions policies did not allow for the individual consideration of each applicant. The court found that the law school's race conscious admissions program does not unduly harm non-minority applicants. Then we get to Fisher versus University of Texas in 2016. Tell us who Abigail Fisher was and what the crux of that case involved.

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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