2012年2月21日,联邦最高法院接受了费雪诉德克萨斯大学奥斯丁分校(Fisher v.University of Texas at Austin)一案的上诉申请,该案是自2003年联邦最高法院就格拉特诉柏林杰(Grutter v.Bollinger)案宣布种族录取政策合宪之后,首次对涉及种族录取的案件接受移审。由于这一案件的裁决将直接决定平权行动政策(affirmative action policy)的宪法命运,联邦最高法院的受理消息甫一传出,即引起美国社会的震动。加之在保守派和自由派之间摇摆的奥康纳大 On February 21, 2012, the Federal Supreme Court accepted an application for appeal from Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the case that was filed in 2003 by the Federal Supreme Court Grotter v.Bollinger case for the first time after racial entry was declared constitutional. As the ruling in this case will directly determine the constitutional fate of the affirmative action policy, as soon as the Federal Supreme Court’s admissibility message is heard, the American society will be shaken. Plus O’Connor, who is swinging between conservatives and liberals