The New York Times reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Docket No. 12-682, which involves a voter initiative, Proposal 2, in Michigan that banned racial preferences in admissions to the state’s public universities.
Continue reading...In an 8-7 split en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the provision in Michigan’s Proposal 2, a voter-approved ballot initiative amending the state constitution to prohibit public colleges and universities from using race-conscious admissions policies, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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