By Daniel Wiessner
(Reuters) – A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses six state-run medical colleges in Texas of violating federal anti-discrimination legal guidelines by giving preferences to feminine and non-Asian minority candidates.
The lawsuit by George Stewart, a white man who was denied admission to the faculties, is the newest problem to affirmative motion insurance policies which might be generally utilized by U.S. colleges to spice up enrollment of Black, Hispanic and feminine college students.
The U.S. Supreme Court docket’s conservative majority in October appeared skeptical of the legality of race-conscious admissions insurance policies in instances involving Harvard College and the College of North Carolina.
The College of Texas and Texas Tech College, which function the faculties named within the new lawsuit, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Stewart’s lawsuit in Lubbock, Texas, federal courtroom was filed by conservative group America First Authorized (AFL) and Jonathan Mitchell, a former Texas solicitor basic who represents numerous conservative causes. AFL was shaped by Stephen Miller, who was a prime aide to Republican former President Donald Trump.
In line with the lawsuit, Stewart in 2021 obtained enrollment information for the six colleges after he was denied admission.
Stewart alleged that the information revealed that Black, Hispanic and feminine college students on the colleges had considerably decrease grade-point averages or take a look at scores than white, Asian and male college students. Stewart mentioned within the grievance that the information confirmed that the faculties gave preferences to feminine and non-Asian minority candidates.
Stewart accused the faculties of violating federal legal guidelines prohibiting race and intercourse discrimination in federally funded academic packages.
AFL in September filed a lawsuit accusing Texas A&M College of violating the identical legal guidelines by adopting insurance policies designed to diversify its college, corresponding to setting apart funds to complement the salaries of minority college members. The varsity has denied wrongdoing.
