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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,
In Texas, students in the top 10 percent of high schools are automatically admitted to the public university system, a policy that does not consider race but increases racial diversity in part because so many high schools are racially homogenous. Ms. Fisher just missed that cutoff at her high school in Sugar Land, Tex., and then entered a separate pool of applicants who can be admitted through a complicated system in which race plays an unquantified but significant role. She sued in 2008.
Ms. Fisher is soon to graduate from Louisiana State University. Lawyers for the University of Texas said that meant she had not suffered an injury that a court decision could address, meaning she does not have standing to sue.
Ms. Fisher’s argument is that Texas cannot have it both ways. Having implemented a race-neutral program to increase minority admissions, she says, Texas may not supplement it with a race-conscious one. Texas officials said the additional effort was needed to make sure that individual classrooms contained a “critical mass” of minority students.
Q1) What does graduating from LSU have to do with suffering an injury from being denied admission to the University of Texas? It seems to me that her graduating from LSU can be used as evidence that her life wasn't damaged by the decision that the University of Texas made.
Q2) What did they mean by "She does not have standing to sue."? She can't file another lawsuit, maybe?
Q3) It's unclear what a "critical mass" means. Could someone clarify it for me?
I'd appreciate your help.
In Texas, students in the top 10 percent of high schools are automatically admitted to the public university system, a policy that does not consider race but increases racial diversity in part because so many high schools are racially homogenous. Ms. Fisher just missed that cutoff at her high school in Sugar Land, Tex., and then entered a separate pool of applicants who can be admitted through a complicated system in which race plays an unquantified but significant role. She sued in 2008.
Ms. Fisher is soon to graduate from Louisiana State University. Lawyers for the University of Texas said that meant she had not suffered an injury that a court decision could address, meaning she does not have standing to sue.
Ms. Fisher’s argument is that Texas cannot have it both ways. Having implemented a race-neutral program to increase minority admissions, she says, Texas may not supplement it with a race-conscious one. Texas officials said the additional effort was needed to make sure that individual classrooms contained a “critical mass” of minority students.
Q1) What does graduating from LSU have to do with suffering an injury from being denied admission to the University of Texas? It seems to me that her graduating from LSU can be used as evidence that her life wasn't damaged by the decision that the University of Texas made.
Q2) What did they mean by "She does not have standing to sue."? She can't file another lawsuit, maybe?
Q3) It's unclear what a "critical mass" means. Could someone clarify it for me?
I'd appreciate your help.
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Hi, In Texas, students in the top 10 percent of high schools are automatically admitted to the public university system, a policy that does not consider race but increases racial diversity in part because so many high schools are racially homogenous. Ms. , and then entered a separate pool of applicants who can be admitted through a complicated system in which race plays an unquantified but significant role.
- Hi, In Texas, students in the top 10 percent of high schools are automatically admitted to the public university system, a policy that does not consider race but increases racial diversity in part because so many high schools are racially homogenous.
- Ms.
- , and then entered a separate pool of applicants who can be admitted through a complicated system in which race plays an unquantified but significant role.
- She sued in 2008.
- Ms.
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Hi,
In Texas, students in the top 10 percent of high schools are automatically admitted to the public university system, a policy that does not consider race but increases racial diversity in part because so many high schools are racially homogenous. Ms. Fisher just missed that cutoff at her high school in Sugar Land, Tex., and then entered a sep
In Texas, students in the top 10 percent of high schools are automatically admitted to the public university system, a policy that does not consider race but increases racial diversity in part because so many high schools are racially homogenous. Ms. Fisher just missed that cutoff at her high school in Sugar Land, Tex., and then entered a sep
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jooneyWhat does graduating from LSU have to do with suffering an injury from being denied admission to the University of Texas? It seems to me that her graduating from LSU can be used as evidence that her life wasn't damaged by the decision that the University of Texas made.There really isn't enough information given here to answer this question, but for one
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Thank you very much for the reply, CJ.
If she was denied admission in her home state of Texas and had go to another state to attend college, the "injury" may be the added costs of finding this other school, the added costs of traveling to and from another state, and the added costs of out-of-state tuition she would have had
If she was denied admission in her home state of Texas and had go to another state to attend college, the "injury" may be the added costs of finding this other school, the added costs of traveling to and from another state, and the added costs of out-of-state tuition she would have had
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jooneyIsn't it true what you just described may meet one's criteria for "suffering an injury"?Yes. It may meet the legal criteria.
jooneyShe didn't get into her first-choice college because of what she decribed as a race factor and had to move out of state to go to LSU, having to pay extra tuition as an out-of-state student. D
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