Fisher v. Texas: What to Expect in Oral Argument

This is a guest blog post by Stephen Menendian, Assistant Director of the Haas institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley.  Fisher v. Texas is perhaps the most consequential case on the Supreme Court’s docket this year, and will determine whether the University  of Texas’ efforts to promote diversity andContinue reading “Fisher v. Texas: What to Expect in Oral Argument”

The Weight of Fisher: Oral Argument in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the Univ. of Michigan

This is a guest blog post by Stephen Menendian, Senior Legal Associate at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. With the Supreme Court having recently announced that it would review the University of Texas’ affirmative action plan in Fisher v. Texas, this week the 6th CircuitContinue reading “The Weight of Fisher: Oral Argument in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the Univ. of Michigan”