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15 Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. 437 (2010-2011)
Divisive Diversity at the University of Texas: An Opportunity for the Supreme Court to Overturn Its Flawed Decision in Grutter

handle is hein.journals/trlp15 and id is 441 raw text is: DIVISIVE DIVERSITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN ITS FLAWED DECISION IN GR UTTER JOSHUA P. THOMPSON & DAMIEN M. SCHIFF* I. INTRODUCTION ................................. 439 II. THE RISE OF DIVERSITY AS A COMPELLING INTEREST ............................... ...... 441 A. Regarding National Security and Past Discrimination ................... .....441 B. Bakke and the Invention of Diversity.................444 C. The Bakke Aftermath-Diversity Lays Low ......446 D. Diversity Obtains Constitutional Sanction- Grutter v. Bollinger ............. .........450 1. Adopting the Powell Bakke Framework ...452 2. The Compelling Interest .............453 3. Narrow Tailoring............. ......454 4. Endpoint ..................... .....456 III. FISHER V. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ATAUSTIN ........... 457 A. From Racial Classification to Race-Neutrality to Racial Classifications .............. ..... 458 B. Pursuing Diversity at the University of Texas at Austin........................ 459 C. The Fisher Litigation .............. .....461 * Joshua P. Thompson, Staff Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation and Damien M. Schiff, Senior Staff Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, Pacific Legal Foundation Program for Judicial Awareness, Working Paper No. 11-002 (April 1, 2011). Mr. Thompson served as lead counsel for the Pacific Legal Foundation, Center for Equal Opportunity, American Civil Rights Institute, and National Association of Scholars on the amicus brief on the appeal to the Fifth Circuit in Fisher v. Univ. of Tex. at Austin.