Six Texas medical schools rejected a white male applicant who filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging race-based discrimination. The suit comes as the U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to roll back policies allowing race to be considered in college admissions.
Stephen Miller, a former adviser to Donald Trump, speaks with Trump supporters on Nov. 15 at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Miller created a group that has helped file lawsuits against Texas universities over admissions policies., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The lawsuit comes as the conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to roll back policies that allow race to be considered in college admissions in two cases argued before the court last fall. The court is expected to rule on those cases this spring. Stewart’s lawsuit alleges that the admissions practices at the six medical schools violate the U.S. Constitution, including the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
The lawsuit says that according to an analysis of the data, the median and mean GPAs and MCAT scores of Black and Hispanic students were lower than those of white and Asian students. The lawsuit also says the data shows that accepted female students had lower MCAT scores than male students. A spokesperson for the University of Texas System declined to comment on the lawsuit. A Texas Tech University System spokesperson said the system had not yet been served with the lawsuit and does not comment on pending litigation.
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