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After eight years of litigation, Michigan's decision to ban governmental racial classifications has been upheld by the Supreme Court. PLF has been heavily involved in this case since its inception -- we represented the ballot sponsors -- and this decision is great news.  You can read the opinion here.  I'll have more on the opinion later in the day ...

The oral argument in last week's Prop. 8 case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, suggested that the justices may be skeptical of the Hunter-Seattle doctrine.  While PLF has taken no position on the merits of the Prop. 8 case, the United States, as amici, put forth a legal theory that relates to a doctrine in which PLF has been intimately involved.  The Solic ...

Author: Ralph Kasarda In a disappointing 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today held that Article I, Section 26 of the Michigan Constitution is unconstitutional.  That provision, passed by voter initiative in 2006, prohibited the state from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race.  The ...