Justices rule 4-3 in favor of controversial admissions programme that considers race as a factor,in major victory for supporters of affirmative actionThe principle of affirmative action for African American and Hispanic people seeking access to higher education received a boost on Thursday when the supreme court upheld a controversial programme run by the University of Texas.
In a 4-3 ruling, the court decided that the university’s scheme, and which considers race as allotment of its admissions process,is constitutional. Justice Elena Kagan recused herself from the case because she worked on it while serving in the justice department.
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Source: theguardian.com