5th Circuit Thumbs Its Nose at U.S. Supreme Court in Racial Preferences Case
Category: POLITICS
The SCOTUS is the nation's highest court. The recent 2-to-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholding the University of Texas at Austin's use of racial preferences in its admissions program indicates that the two judges in the majority have forgotten this basic tenet of American law.
By Scott D. Gerber, ContributorProfessor, lawyer, writer, 2014-07-17