A federal appeals court Friday struck down a state referendum that banned affirmative action in college admissions, employment and contracting, setting up another Supreme Court showdown on the issue.
"It's a tremendous victory," Detroit lawyer George Washington said shortly after a U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in a 2-1 decision that Proposal 2 was unconstitutional.
"Affirmative action is now legal in college admissions in Michigan and that means thousands of black, Latin and native American students who would have been excluded from our best undergraduate and graduate programs will now be admitted," Washington said.
The Michigan Attorney General's Office had no immediate comment, but Washington, who represents a coalition of organizations that fought the 2006 ballot proposal, said he expects the state to ask the entire U.S. 6th Circuit to review the decision and, if that fails, ask the Supreme Court to take up the issue.
Jennifer Gratz, who led the campaign for passage of Proposal 2 following the conclusion of her own lawsuit against the University of Michigan for using race-based admissions, said Friday she had not yet reviewed the appeals court decision.
11 comments:
discrimination is discrimination if your for affirmative action your a racist just that simple.
Government sponsered racism. Good deal!
What happens when the shoe is on the other foot?
Sorry to see this crap!
Let's base things not on ability or skill, or anything silly like that. Let's instead base decisions on race. Wait, isn't that the credo for racism itself??!! When qualified people are cast aside for not qualified, but the right skin tone, people, what has been accomplished, exactly?
White males are being discriminated against due to Affirmative action. I am a white female and have always been against it in the workplace. Who cares if a workplace or college is all white, all black, all Asian, etc. Or all male or all female for that matter. Diversity is good but not at the expense of the most qualified/skilled. The best candidate for the job is the best policy. So tired of people having to lower the bar for the unintelligent or less skilled and giving them a job based on their skin color which is discrimination against the best candidate.
It would be nice one day if we could put race aside and select people on the merit of their work.
I think it is time to leave this policy that has crippled our country long enough. You either make it today based on your ability and performance or you don't. AA is discrimination, period. White males are a MINORITY in our population (less males than females) and not a majority. They should be given an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for a job, as well.
Save your ammo , the south shall rise again!
Their are 2 kinds of people , racist and liers , don't make any difference what color you are. They hate us and we hate them.
1202 yeah right. Glance betwix your legs again.
There justification for striking it down is a little absurd, by banning discrimination Michigan is violating the 14th amendment's equal protection clause.
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