2013 Fisher v. University of Texas, JUSTICE THOMAS: "I join the Court’s opinion because I agree that the Court of Appeals did not apply strict scrutiny to the Universityof Texas at Austin’s (University) use of racial discrimination in admissions decisions."
2014 Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, justice Scalia: “The Constitution proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state-provided education is no exception.”... It is precisely this understanding—the correct understanding—of the federal Equal Protection Clause that the people of the State of Michigan have adopted for their own fundamental law. By adopting it, they did not simultaneously offend it.”