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FILE - Students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the school's iconic tower, Sept. 27, 2012, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Michael and Susan Dell fund ‘AI-native’ medical center with $750 million gift to University of Texas

By James Pollard - Associated Press

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a group portrait in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. The Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, that Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to Crow's lawyer asking about the trip. Wyden is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court's ethics rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Clarence Thomas gets it right on the dangers of progressivism

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas listens to President Donald Trump speak before swearing in Pam Bondi as Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas warns against progressivism

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the school's iconic tower in Austin, Texas. A group of University of Texas professors is demanding the reversal of job cuts after the 52,000-student campus shut down a program this week to comply with one of the nation's most sweeping bans on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas’ diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities

By Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

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Supreme Court upholds affirmative action program at University of Texas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

UT president: $325K payment was properly approved

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Jerry Bowman, left, and David Strzepek join other supporters of Social Security benefits for same sex couples during a marriage equality rally Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois lawmakers return to the Capitol Tuesday for the final week of veto session and are expected to consider gay marriage legislation. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Ruling aids challenge to gay-parenting study

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supreme Court to hear another affirmative-action case

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Ryan O’Neal wins appeals ruling in defamation case

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

Texas regents meet to discuss coaching scandal

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

American Scene: Police find body they think  is missing 10-year-old girl

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2007 file photo shows former Texas head football coach Darrell Royal posed at his apartment complex in Austin, Texas. The University of Texas says Royal, who won two national championships and a share of a third, has died. He was 88. UT spokesman Nick Voinis on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 confirmed Royal's death in Austin. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

Darrell Royal: Ex-Texas coach dies at age 88

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Supporters of the University of Texas rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, as the high court takes up a challenge to the university's program that considers race in some college admissions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court questions Texas affirmative action plan

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Jan. 25, 2012, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justices ask sharp questions on race-based admissions

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Supporters of the University of Texas rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, as the high court takes up a challenge to the university's program that considers race in some college admissions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court weighs race-based college admissions in Texas case

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Justice Anthony M. Kennedy could be a key vote in an affirmative action case. The Supreme Court begins hearing arguments Wednesday.

High court to again consider racial quotas

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Demonstrators protest Feb. 13, 2012, outside of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after a panel heard oral arguments in San Francisco in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting. (Associated Press)

Study: Race-neutral admissions can work

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James Meredith, the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, speaks to an audience at a reading at a Jackson, Miss., bookstore, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

James Meredith, central figure in Miss. integration, defies labels

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

Lt. Joel Vettel of the Fargo Police Department talks to the media near the North Dakota State University campus in Fargo, N.D., following a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the campus on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Thousands of people streamed off university campuses in Texas and North Dakota on Friday after phoned-in bomb threats prompted evacuations and officials warned students and faculty to get away as quickly as possible. No bombs had been found on either campus by midmorning and it was not clear whether the threats were related. (AP Photo/The Forum, Ryan Babb)

Bomb threats evacuate Texas, N. Dakota campuses

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Obama backs college race factor

By Jesse J. Holland - Associated Press