Gail Heriot, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego school of law, discusses Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin in which the Fifth Circuit re-endorsed the use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions decisions.  Fisher alleges that the use of such preferences violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.  The University of Texas denies violating the Constitution.

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