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Fisher v. University of Texas, 570 U.S. 297 (2013), also known as Fisher I (to distinguish it from the 2016 case), [1] is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
Plaintiffs Abigail Noel Fisher and Rachel Multer Michalewicz applied to the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 and were denied admission. The two women, both white, filed suit, alleging that the University had discriminated against them on the basis of their race in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. [5]
The claim: University of Texas pulled scholarships of students who knelt during national anthem. An Aug. 29 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows two separate images of female basketball ...
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (1995) found student fees must be allocated in a viewpoint neutral way. They cannot be based on religious, political or personal views (Henderickson; Good v. Associated Students University of Washington) and they cannot be levied as a punishment.
The pro-Palestinian students believe that the incident has laid bare a double standard that exists in how the university responds to acts of hate. Muslim students feel abandoned by U. of Texas ...
Texas universities eliminated or changed hundreds of jobs in recent months in response to one of the nation's most sweeping bans on diversity programs on college campuses, school officials told ...
During those eight months, the university's student council voted on a resolution in favor of GSS recognition, after an address to the council by the GSS President Marco Roberts, creating a furor among the student population; [20] hundreds of articles, columns, and letters to the editor appeared in the school's paper and the city newspaper ...
Gay Students Org. of the University of New Hampshire v. Bonner, 509 F. 2d 652 (1st Cir. 1974) Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University, 737 F. 2d 1317 (5th Cir. 1984) Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, 524 US 274 (1998) Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 US 254 (1970) Good v. Associated Students, Univ. of Washington, 542 P. 2d 762 (WA ...