This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Opinion that upheld the state of Michigan's ban on affirmative action policies for state undergraduate institutions.
The case is Schuette v. BAMN (the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigration Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary). It stems form a prior case, Grutter v. Bollinger, where the U.S. Supreme Court considered University of Michigan Law School's policy to consider an applicant's race/ethnicity as one of many factors toward law school admission. After that decision, the state of Michigan voters adopted "Proposal 2" (which subsequently became part of the state's constitution -- Art. I, §26), a state law that "prohibits the use of race-based preferences as part of the admissions process for state universities." Slip Opinion, page 1. In this instant case (that's what legal people say when they are referring to the case in discussion), the Supreme Court needed to determine whether the lower court should have struck down the voter's law. Our U.S. Supreme Court determined that the appellate court was incorrect: the state law of Michigan banning affirmative action was upheld as a proper.
The full opinion can be found here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-682_5367.pdf
More to write on this soon. Including a juxtoposition like this one: affirmative action and legacy preference.
The case is Schuette v. BAMN (the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigration Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary). It stems form a prior case, Grutter v. Bollinger, where the U.S. Supreme Court considered University of Michigan Law School's policy to consider an applicant's race/ethnicity as one of many factors toward law school admission. After that decision, the state of Michigan voters adopted "Proposal 2" (which subsequently became part of the state's constitution -- Art. I, §26), a state law that "prohibits the use of race-based preferences as part of the admissions process for state universities." Slip Opinion, page 1. In this instant case (that's what legal people say when they are referring to the case in discussion), the Supreme Court needed to determine whether the lower court should have struck down the voter's law. Our U.S. Supreme Court determined that the appellate court was incorrect: the state law of Michigan banning affirmative action was upheld as a proper.
The full opinion can be found here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-682_5367.pdf
More to write on this soon. Including a juxtoposition like this one: affirmative action and legacy preference.
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