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To: cripplecreek
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Michigan's controversial ban on affirmative action in public college admissions in a divided opinion

Actually a 6-2 dicision (one recusal) with this court is not that divided.

8 posted on 04/22/2014 7:34:15 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Starstruck
Actually a 6-2 dicision (one recusal) with this court is not that divided.

Right. It's a strong decision. Calling it divided is commie journalism.

31 posted on 04/22/2014 7:52:04 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Starstruck

Kennedy, Roberts & Alito delivered the opinion. Scalia & Thomas had a concurring opinion, as did Breyer. Sotomayor and Ginsberg dissented.


48 posted on 04/22/2014 8:13:32 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (I sooooo miss America!)
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To: Starstruck
Actually a 6-2 dicision (one recusal) with this court is not that divided.

What the author means is that the majority was divided; there was no opinion that carried 5 votes. The majority was made up of 3 separate opinions(Kennedy's opinion was joined only by Roberts and Alito; Scalia and Thomas concurred on a different ground; and Breyer concurred on a third ground).

130 posted on 04/22/2014 9:07:45 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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