Supreme Court to wade into affirmative action -- again
Posted on AllSides March 25th, 2013
From The Left
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear another challenge to the use of racial preferences in hiring and college admissions, even while still deciding the fate of a University of Texas affirmative action program.
The latest case involves Michigan's 2006 voter referendum barring the use of racial preferences at state universities and in government hiring. The constitutional amendment was on the books for six years when a federal appeals court narrowly tossed it out as discriminatory.
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