A federal judge ruled today that Michigan’s voter-approved ban on the use of affirmative-action preferences by public colleges and other state agencies is constitutional.
In doing so, Judge David M. Lawson of the U.S. District Court in Detroit dismissed a lawsuit brought by opponents of the law, which is known as Proposal 2, or the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Voters approved the measure in 2006. The opponents include high-school and college students who say they were harmed by it.
A lawyer for those plaintiffs told the Detroit Free Press that he planned to file an appeal immediately.
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