High Court Upholds Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions despite one justice’s impassioned dissent that accused the court of wanting to wish away racial inequality.
The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution in 2006 to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking account of race in admissions decisions. The justices said that a lower federal court was wrong to set aside the change as discriminatory.
The decision bolstered similar voter-approved initiatives banning affirmative action in education in California and Washington state. A few other states have adopted laws or issued executive orders to bar race-conscious admissions policies. ~~ Read the entire Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/high-court-upholds-mich-affirmative-action-ban/2014/04/22/c903948a-ca28-11e3-b81a-6fff56bc591e_story.html
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