Justices will review racial preference for college

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action programs.

A challenge from a white student who was denied admission to the University of Texas flagship campus will be the high court's first look at affirmative action in higher education since its 2003 decision endorsing the use of race as a factor.

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Demonstrators Sid Jacobo, left, and Jazel Flores, right, both University of California- Berkeley students, protest outside of th...