Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules Michigan Ban On Affirmative Action Passed By Voters Is Unconstitutional

According to FoxNews.com, 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has declared Michigan's ban on considering race or gender in college admissions "illegal." The ban was one instituted by the voters in Michigan themselves and is actually part of an amendment to the state constitution.

A dissenting judge, Julia Smith Gibbons, said there was nothing wrong with the ban or the way it passed.

"The Michigan voters have ... not restructured the political process in their state by amending their state constitution; they have merely employed it," she said.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, whose office defended the law, said he will ask the full appeals court to look at the case, a request that's rarely granted. "Entrance to our great universities must be based upon merit, and I will continue the fight for equality, fairness and rule of law," said Schuette.


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