The dispute over race-based university student admissions policy that went before the U.S. Supreme on Wednesday traces to 2008. 2008 Abigail Fisher, a high school student in suburban Houston at the time, is rejected for admission to the University of Texas at Austin. Conservative legal activist Edward Blum, a Fisher family friend who has long backed lawsuits against racial policies, enlists Abigail to challenge the university's admissions program.
