I get to say that this is case number 11345 Fisher against the University of Texas at Austin.

Hey everyone, it's Leon Nefak, co-creator of Fiasco and Slowburn.

On this week's episode of Five to Four, Peter, Rianne, and Michael are talking about Fisher

V University of Texas, a Supreme Court decision that encapsulates the modern debate on affirmative action.

Abigail Fisher was rejected for admission even though some students with lower test scores and grades

got in ahead of her. Fisher helped transform the equal protection clause,

with a tool that shielded the rights of freed slaves into a weapon used to undermine civil rights.

I hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered

when applying to the university. She has lost at three levels of the justice system,

but it appears likely the supreme will take her side and cripple affirmative action.

This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

Welcome to Five to Four, a podcast where we dissect and analyze the terrible Supreme Court

decisions whose collective weight have slowly crushed the American soul, like stones,

laid a top and accused witch. I am Peter, Twitter's the law boy. I am here with Michael.

Hey Peter. And from Austin, Texas, Rianne. Hi.

And together we are America's only sexually active lawyers.

I think that's right. No, I think that's right. And we are covering, we are covering

Fisher v. Texas, affirmative action case, from 2013 and then also a little bit later in 2016.

We thought it was important to cover primarily because it highlights how conservatives on the court

have turned the equal protection clause, which was meant to protect freed slaves, essentially,

into a bludgeon against legislative attempts to promote diversity and correct for historical

discrimination. And also because it's sort of the story of a very, very mediocre white girl who

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