How the Supreme Court has ruled in the past about affirmative action

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : The legal battle over affirmative action in higher education has been ongoing for decades -- and this week, the volleys began anew.
61% : Supporters of affirmative action in higher education demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court ahead of Monday's oral arguments.
45% :After being denied admission to the University of Texas in 2008, a white woman named Abigail Fisher sued the university over its race-conscious admissions policy in what was widely seen as an attempt to overturn the court's previous stances on affirmative action.
43% : It's far from the first time affirmative action has been challenged in court.
43% : In Bakke, the court decided that the quota system was unconstitutional, along with the use of affirmative action policies to remedy the effects of racial discrimination.
42% : But in Gratz's sister case, Grutter, brought by Barbara Grutter over her denial from the university's law school, the court upheld the basic concept behind affirmative action.

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