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abigale fisher says she always dreameds of going to the flagship u.t. stin, but she graduated outside the top 10% of her graduating class in sugar land, texas. fisher says she would have been admitted but that the 10% system granted admission to some kids less qualified than she was. the supreme court saved the texas system, fisher went onto college in louisiana. graduated and is out and working. but her case is back for another run at the nation's highest court. >> reporter: the supreme court is entering a new battle over the future of affirmative action in universities. the consequences would be striking if the justices side with the plaintiff abigale fisher. she's suing the university of texas at austin saying its admissions policy violated her civil rights think she claimed when she applied in 2008, the college turned her down in favor off of minority student with lower grades. >> i was taught from the time that i was a little girl that any kind of disgrim was wrong and for an institution of higher learning to act this way makes for sense to me. in h
abigale fisher says she always dreameds of going to the flagship u.t. stin, but she graduated outside the top 10% of her graduating class in sugar land, texas. fisher says she would have been admitted but that the 10% system granted admission to some kids less qualified than she was. the supreme court saved the texas system, fisher went onto college in louisiana. graduated and is out and working. but her case is back for another run at the nation's highest court. >> reporter: the supreme...
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. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> you may remember abigale fisher, a student denied entry to the university of texas at austin no room for her at the school because less qualified applicants were given an edge during the admissions process. the supreme court has agreed to hear her case, a case that could end the consideration of race and ethnicity at public colleges and universities. the case has moved through the courts before, so why is it
. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> you may remember abigale fisher, a student denied entry to the university of texas at austin no room for her at the school because less qualified applicants were given an edge during the admissions process. the supreme court has agreed to hear her case, a case that could end the consideration of race and ethnicity at public colleges and universities. the case has moved through the courts before, so why is it
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. ♪ ♪ >>> you may remember abigale fisher, a student denied entry to the university of texas at austinys there was no room for her at the school because less qualified applicants were given an edge during the admissions process. the supreme court has agreed to hear her case, a case that could end the consideration of race and ethnicity at public colleges and universities.
. ♪ ♪ >>> you may remember abigale fisher, a student denied entry to the university of texas at austinys there was no room for her at the school because less qualified applicants were given an edge during the admissions process. the supreme court has agreed to hear her case, a case that could end the consideration of race and ethnicity at public colleges and universities.