What Antonin Scalia’s Death May Mean for the ‘Fisher’ Affirmative-Action Case

By Andy Thomason. The death of the longtime Supreme Court justice and conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia has widespread ramifications for American politics and policy. For higher education, the most immediately apparent consequence is for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the landmark legal challenge to race-conscious admissions that is pending before the court. More...