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Cite as:  570 U. S. ____ (2013) 

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SCALIA, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 11–345 
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ABIGAIL NOEL FISHER, PETITIONER v. UNIVERSITY 
OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 

APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
 

[June 24, 2013] 

JUSTICE SCALIA, concurring. 
I adhere to the view I expressed in Grutter v. Bollinger: 
“The  Constitution  proscribes  government  discrimination 
on  the  basis  of  race,  and  state-provided  education  is  no
exception.”   539 U. S.  306, 349 (2003) (opinion concurring
in part and dissenting in part).  The petitioner in this case 
did not ask us to overrule Grutter’s holding that a “compel-
ling  interest”  in  the  educational  benefits  of  diversity  can
justify  racial  preferences  in  university  admissions.  Tr.  of 
Oral Arg. 8–9.  I therefore join the Court’s opinion in full.