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US Court Strikes Down Michigan Affirmative Action Ban
WLNS.com ^ | Nov 15, 2012 | AP

Posted on 11/15/2012 1:10:12 PM PST by cripplecreek

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; constitution; lawsuit; preferences; racism; ruling
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A federal appeals court struck down the ban on affirmative action approved by voters in 2006.

The court says the ban puts an extraordinary burden on those who have to mount a long expensive campaign if they want to protect it.

1 posted on 11/15/2012 1:10:20 PM PST by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek

C’mon White people. Lets find a place to go already.


2 posted on 11/15/2012 1:13:13 PM PST by DwFry (Baby Boomers Killed Western Civilization!)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Just when you big meanies thought you could get away with something at the ballot box.

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3 posted on 11/15/2012 1:14:06 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DwFry

Agreed. I just witnessed the most egregious ‘election’ (voter fraud) ever perpetrated on any nation, EVER. Did anyone really think for one second that 0bama would leave the White House?


4 posted on 11/15/2012 1:15:01 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: cripplecreek

:: The court says the ban puts an extraordinary burden on those who have to mount a long expensive campaign if they want to protect it. ::

And when dealing with government regulators such as the EPA (as I do daily), we are always told, “financial burdens are no defense in efforts to comply”.


5 posted on 11/15/2012 1:15:08 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Bread and Circuses; Everyone to the Coliseum!)
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To: cripplecreek
"a federal right that all citizens "have equal access to the tools of political change.""

I'm unclear on whether that is within the Constitutional Umbra or Penumbra.

6 posted on 11/15/2012 1:15:45 PM PST by Paladin2 (FR is STILL way too slow.)
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To: cripplecreek

Obumer’s plan working just fine.


7 posted on 11/15/2012 1:15:57 PM PST by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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To: cripplecreek

Since anthropologists claim mankind moved out of Africa and spread throughout the world, then everyone can claim to be African-American and get a piece of the affirmative action pie


8 posted on 11/15/2012 1:16:26 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Remember the Heroic SEALs of Benghazi and DEMAND a Full Accounting!!!!)
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To: cripplecreek

discrimination is okay, the leftists say


9 posted on 11/15/2012 1:17:53 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: FRiends
46 days is long enough.
Let's end this FReepathon!



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10 posted on 11/15/2012 1:19:11 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: Paladin2

Yeah Its kinda funny. I thought I was using the available tools when I voted in favor of the ban 6 years ago. I didn’t know I was being unfair.


11 posted on 11/15/2012 1:21:15 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

This is exactly where states need to start pushing back against federal tyrrany. C’mon Michigan tell that judge to blow it out is backside and enforce his little order if he can.


12 posted on 11/15/2012 1:21:28 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Paladin2

“a federal right that all citizens “have equal access to the tools of political change.”

That the smelly hairy Obama does that mean?

And that, dear readers, is ample proof that the writer of this opinion is most certainly using the actions suspected of many of our “affirmative action” employees.

If anyone even thinks of respecting judges after this, think again.


13 posted on 11/15/2012 1:21:46 PM PST by Da Coyote
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AP - Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions was declared unconstitutional Thursday by a deeply divided federal appeals court, six years after state voters said race could not be an issue in choosing students.

In an 8-7 decision, the court said the 2006 amendment to the Michigan Constitution is illegal because it presents an extraordinary burden to opponents who would have to mount their own long, expensive campaign through the ballot box to protect affirmative action.


14 posted on 11/15/2012 1:24:23 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: cripplecreek

Obama gets “re-elected” and the blacks get favored.


15 posted on 11/15/2012 1:25:44 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (There goes the dominoes...)
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To: RightOnTheBorder
"C’mon Michigan tell that judge to blow it out is backside and enforce his little order if he can."

Firearms hunting season opens soon. Lots of folks at the range training.

16 posted on 11/15/2012 1:26:13 PM PST by Paladin2 (FR is STILL way too slow.)
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To: Da Coyote

Its crap anyway. the national group By any means necessary and the university of Michigan are the two down trodden groups that have fought us every step of the way.

Maybe Mitt Romney should file suit and declare that it was an unfair burden to expect him to overcome vote fraud.


17 posted on 11/15/2012 1:27:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Blacks is in charge now.

White helped put the there. Get used to it or get ready to stop it.Zimbabwe here we come.


18 posted on 11/15/2012 1:28:00 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Paladin2

Firearm deer season opened today.


19 posted on 11/15/2012 1:29:14 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So the decision opinion basically says “It’s unconstitutional because the pro-ponents of A-A lost the election.”? Seriously??


20 posted on 11/15/2012 1:29:34 PM PST by alancarp (Democrats can't win on merits, so it's okay to cheat, steal, lie, break the law to "win" elections.)
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