The justices ordered new arguments after considering, but not answering, whether corporations can be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute for human rights violations in foreign countries. The new and broader issue is whether aliens even can use the 1789 law to sue in federal courts for international law violations committed abroad.
Fisher v. University ofTexas at Austin
The university’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions policy is challenged as violating the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
