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Impeach judge who influenced Michigan case Joseph Perkins June 13, 2003 Boyce Martin should be impeached. That's the only fitting response to the recent damning revelation that the chief judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals flouted court rules to ensure that the court returned a ruling backing the University of Michigan in a case challenging its law school's race-conscious admissions policy. The case, Grutter v. James, subsequently went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices heard oral arguments in April. The high court's decision is expected by the end of this month. Martin, a liberal appointed...

Bush says race-based school policy flawed Stand on landmark Michigan case may not please friends, foes 01/16/2003 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - President Bush weighed in on a landmark Supreme Court case Wednesday, saying he supports racial diversity but opposes racial quotas, a middle-ground approach that may anger both sides in the debate over affirmative action. "As we work to address the wrong of racial prejudice, we must not use means that create another wrong, and thus perpetuate our divisions," Mr. Bush said as his lawyers prepared a legal brief asking the high court...

Bush's tough choice on race Stance on affirmative action may hurt ties to GOP, minority voters 01/14/2003 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - The latest legal challenge to affirmative action presents President Bush with a difficult decision over whom to offend: longtime conservative supporters or minority voters he would like to attract. Mr. Bush has until Thursday to decide whether to oppose, support or stay neutral in a Supreme Court case that could decide the fate of affirmative action programs at colleges across the country. Blacks and Hispanics said this is an opportunity for Mr....