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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions
Mlive.com ^ | April 22, 2014 | Kellie Woodhouse

Posted on 04/22/2014 7:28:04 AM PDT by cripplecreek

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Michigan's controversial ban on affirmative action in public college admissions in a divided opinion released Tuesday morning, preserving a status quo that's contributed to dwindling minority enrollment at the state's flagship colleges.


The high court's decision is a blow to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, which has come under fire for low minority enrollment.


Blacks comprise just 4.6 percent of undergraduates this year, compared to 8.9 percent in 1995 and 7 percent in 2006.


University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and admissions director Ted Spencer have decried the affirmative action ban, saying outright that the school cannot achieve a fully diverse student body with it in place.


"It's impossible," Spencer said in a recent interview, "to achieve diversity on a regular basis if race cannot be used as one of many factors."


Fifty-eight percent of Michigan voters in 2006 passed Proposal 2, a ballot initiative that amended the state constitution and made it illegal for state entities to consider race in admissions and hiring. With the Supreme Court's ruling, the only way left to nullify Proposal 2 is to mount a long, expensive and uncertain campaign to overturn it.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; collegeadmissions; colleges; michigan; racialpreferences; scotus; supremecourt
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To: TheThirdRuffian

One hag recused herself (although she wouldn’t recuse herself from several other high-profile cases in which she was biased.)


61 posted on 04/22/2014 8:25:41 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: yorkiemom

“I don’t get why the Supreme Court would uphold this ban yet say that discrimination in other cases is ok.”

Basically, Breyer opines that the Constitution allows affirmative action, but does not require it.

This is in contrast with the “wise lesbotina” who says affirmative action is required by the Constitution.


62 posted on 04/22/2014 8:26:05 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: fwdude

Which hag recused herself?

We have two fat lesbians from Obama and one bitter old liberal from Clinton, I think.


63 posted on 04/22/2014 8:27:23 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: Moonman62
Right. It's a strong decision. Calling it divided is commie journalism.

What else can we expect?

64 posted on 04/22/2014 8:27:32 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: cripplecreek

AA is illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust. It rewards failure and indolence. It penalizes successful people for possessing an irrelevant characteristic: light skin.


65 posted on 04/22/2014 8:31:30 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: cripplecreek

A little light in a sad era. Glad my state made this happen!


66 posted on 04/22/2014 8:33:18 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: cripplecreek
With the Supreme Court's ruling, the only way left to nullify Proposal 2 is to mount a long, expensive and uncertain campaign to overturn it.

What a crock. The only hope is NOT overturning Proposal 2.

The only HOPE is improving the education of Blacks applying for entry in Michigan.

And, moreover, those Blacks who are accepted will actually be among the best at what they do, so they'll learn, produce, and gain respect.

Go BACK to the 3 R's. Approve vouchers to better public, charter, and private schools....defy the unions.

Look to the European model that produces exemplary black students, and realize that CULTURE is a huge issue here. If you want excellence, then promote cultural excellence.

67 posted on 04/22/2014 8:34:51 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: fwdude

Bingo: Kagan recused herself because the outcome wasn’t in doubt... like it was for the Obamacare decision. That bites.


68 posted on 04/22/2014 8:46:03 AM PDT by alancarp
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To: cripplecreek

Let me guess:

Holder: So what? Ignore this ruling. We won’t stop you.


69 posted on 04/22/2014 8:49:11 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: cripplecreek

Outstanding! The race hustlers will be apoplectic.


70 posted on 04/22/2014 8:49:19 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Which hag recused herself?

Kagan.

71 posted on 04/22/2014 8:49:48 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: PLD
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!

Yet I do not derive my sense of self-worth and pride based on the color of my skin, which happens to be another shade of earth tone.

72 posted on 04/22/2014 8:52:59 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
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To: servo1969
Holder: So what? Ignore this ruling. We won’t stop you.

But the state can withhold funding.
73 posted on 04/22/2014 8:54:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Right pride.

I’m a right handed man in a family of left handed people. I demand that my dignity be respected.


74 posted on 04/22/2014 8:55:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
"It's impossible," Spencer said in a recent interview, "to achieve diversity on a regular basis if race cannot be used as one of many factors."

Words escape me. Much as logic escapes "Spencer".

75 posted on 04/22/2014 8:57:22 AM PDT by wbill
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To: SoFloFreeper
GOOD. TIME TO DO THE SAME THING IN THE OTHER 49.

You would be correct. The Federal government is the most egregious violator of discrimination.

F U B O!

76 posted on 04/22/2014 9:04:32 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Mouton

I guess for the media, anything short of unanimity is a “divided court”. They’re such open liars.


77 posted on 04/22/2014 9:05:26 AM PDT by pierrem15 (Claudius: "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.")
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To: cripplecreek
"a status quo that's contributed to dwindling minority enrollment at the state's flagship colleges"

But this line. Please. What is contributing to the "dwindling minority enrollment" is the dwindling number of minority candidates who are qualified.

78 posted on 04/22/2014 9:05:34 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: cripplecreek

An honest media would write a headline to reflect the truth. Such as:

“USSC Prohibits discrimination based on Race!”

Either we cab discriminate based on race, or we can’t.


79 posted on 04/22/2014 9:06:32 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: kingu
Actually, they don't give a rat's patooty about how many graduate, only about how many are admitted.

One of the worst effects of "affirmative action" is that those admitted lack the academic wherewithal to succeed, and often drop out from a top-tier school when they would have finished if they had gone elsewhere.

But the mainly white administrators don't care about that or about how many deserving whites or Asians were denied admission so they could trumpet their leftist bona fides.

80 posted on 04/22/2014 9:09:35 AM PDT by pierrem15 (Claudius: "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.")
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