Posted on 07/01/2011 9:48:42 AM PDT by Main Street
Edited on 07/01/2011 10:39:14 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
DETROIT (AP) - A federal appeals court has struck down Michigan's ban on the consideration of race and gender when enrolling students at public colleges and universities.
In a 2-1 decision Friday, the court said Michigan's Proposal 2 is unconstitutional because it burdens minorities. It was approved by voters in 2006.
(Excerpt) Read more at wtol.com ...
Unbelievable.
This demonstrates how deeply the truly radical leftist ideology has penetrated the law.
In other words, this panel of the 6th Circuit has twisted the law to say, “It is now constitutionally required to take into account the student’s race — and the legislature and people cannot stop it.”
Breathtaking. On to En Banc consideration!
They have the burden of actually having to work just as hard to get into college as white people.
How dare they admit people based solely on their character and merit .... and not the color of their skin
[So...it’s unconstitutional to NOT discriminate in favor of certain groups???]
Exactly, the ruling is so idiotic that it can’t be allowed to stand (in a logical world). If it does stand, the Supreme Court would be required to distinguish who the favored minorities are, that would be a pip to read. And could whites be a favored minority (ever?) if they were numerically underrepresented in a given location?
“Clinton Appointed Judges change law voted in by a majority of voters.”
The Federal Government of the united States is imposing racial discrimination.
What a f’ing joke. I read that law quite clearly and there’s nothing racial about it. No preferential treatment.
The Judicial branch is being beefed up by the RATS so they have a backstop when the electorate rises up and throws them all out of office on Nov 6, 2012.
Followed shortly by a freakish set of coincidences of fatal single-car wrecks, falling down stairs, unexplained food poisonings, and "muggings that turned tragic" among the legal community
“In a 2-1 decision Friday, the court said Michigan’s Proposal 2 is unconstitutional because it burdens minorities.”
Define and accurately quantify this “burden”.
Can’t be done - impossible to accurately measure.
So it can never be determined if or when this “burden” no longer exists.
In effect this ruling arbitrarily grants special status to one group over another.
It’s state-enforced racism.
And could whites be a favored minority (ever?) if they were numerically underrepresented in a given location?
You mean like...the NBA?
Getting pretty sick of this $%#$!
They don't have to explain it, just the claim is enough. For you to question that is racist. /s
I have always been puzzled that Jesse Jackson has never demanded that the NBA, NFL and MLB have a racial makeup simular to that of the general population.
The courts feels that 80% blacks in bureaucracies is not enough?
Anyone have a link to the reasoning in the court's decision in striking down the law?
not to be picky but I think it just became mandated as opposed to formerly being sanctioned.
Thank you for that link
Justice would place the lives of these judges in the hands of socially promoted physicians.
I’ll support affirmative action when it is applied to the NBA, NFL, and NHL. Do any of you realize there are no Filipino professional hockey players? This must be addressed by the courts!
Equal protection under the law.*
*some restrictions apply
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