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The Supreme Court heard the oral argument in October 2012, and handed down its decision on June 24, 2013. In a 7–1 decision, the Court vacated and remanded the Fifth Circuit's ruling. Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy concluded that the Fifth Circuit failed to apply strict scrutiny in its decision affirming the admissions policy.
The United States District Court heard Fisher v. University of Texas in 2009 and upheld the legality of the university's admission policy in a summary judgment. The case was appealed to the Fifth Circuit which also ruled in the university's favor. The Supreme Court agreed on February 21, 2012, to hear the case.
Fisher v. University of Texas may refer to either of two United States Supreme Court cases: University of Texas (2013) (alternatively called Fisher I ), 570 U.S. 297 (2013), a case which ruled that strict scrutiny should be applied to determine the constitutionality of a race-sensitive admissions policy.
The Supreme Court is set to hear two cases at the end of the month challenging race-based admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a ruling that could benefit former ...
This is a way for the legislative branch to check and balance the executive and judicial branches and police itself as well. As of December 2019, there have been 66 federal judges or Supreme Court Justices investigated for impeachment. [1]
The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas in Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. The The plaintiffs, 20 women who were denied abortions despite severe pregnancy complications ...