PLF attorney discusses Fisher v. University of Texas
Author: Joshua Thompson More on the case here. … ...
New law review article on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Author: Joshua Thompson Colleague and soon-to-be Supreme Court litigator Damien Schiff and I co-authored a new law review article on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The article, Divisive Diversity at the University of Texas: An Opportunity for the Supreme Court to Overturn its Flawed Decision in Grutter, was published by the Texas Review ...
Fisher v. University of Texas: An opportunity for equal opportunity
After so much waiting, the Supreme Court has finally decided to take up Fisher v. University of Texas. PLF has been involved in this case for three years now. In this video, my beard doesn’t even have a hint of gray. The case challenges the University of Texas’s decision to treat prospective students differently because … ...
The University of Texas spends (an additional) $1 million on attorneys in Fisher
It has been widely reported that the University of Texas has decided to forgo representation from the Texas Attorney General’s Office in Fisher. Instead, the University is going to spend $1 million on outside counsel. That price tag is for one opposition brief and the oral argument. Doesn’t one million dollars seem a bit high? ...
New op-ed on Fisher v. University of Texas
I joined with Roger Clegg, President of the Center for Equal Opportunity on this op-ed that was published in the Christian Science Monitor last week. Here’s a snippet: At one time, affirmative action was designed to benefit African Americans recently subjected to Jim Crow, over whites who had been the segregated system’s beneficiaries ...
California’s pathetic attempt to defend the University of Texas
Yesterday, the State of California filed this brief in support of the University of Texas in Fisher v. Univerity of Texas at Austin. It is quite the embarassment. Most of the brief is the usual, to-be-expected leftist pseudo-science touting the benefits of “diversity.” As PLF pointed out in its brief in Fisher, there is no & ...
A narrow-tailoring victory in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
When Abigail Fisher was not offered admission to the University of Texas at Austin she brought an Equal Protection challenge against the school for its use of race in the admissions process. As readers of this blog know, PLF has been involved in the Fisher case for years, submitting briefs in the Fifth Circuit stage, … ...
PLF statement on Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
(Pacific Legal Foundation submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Fisher case, in opposition to the race-based preferences in the University of Texas-Austin’s admissions program.) June 24, 2013 — Pacific Legal Foundation Principal Attorney Meriem L. Hubbard issued this statement today on the Supreme Court’s ruli ...
PLF files amicus brief in Fisher v. University of Texas
Today, Pacific Legal Foundation filed this amicus brief in Fisher v. University of Texas—which is in the Fifth Circuit after being remanded from the Supreme Court last summer. We were joined on the brief by the American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI), the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO), Individual Rights Foundation (IRF), Reason Foundati ...
Fifth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in Fisher v. University of Texas
The case of Abigail Fisher may be on its way to the Supreme Court a second time. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied her petition for rehearing en banc. Judge Garza filed a short dissent reiterating the points he made in his panel dissent. PLF, joined by our friends at the Center for Equal Opportunity, Reason Foundation, … ...