Author: Joshua Thompson Proposal 2, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, bans preferential treatment on account of race or sex in Michigan government. The constitutionality of Proposal 2 was challenged immediately by a number of defendants who could no longer receive preferential treatment to attend Michigan Universities. ...
Author: Joshua Thompson In one of the most outrageous instances of flat-out unconstitutional intentional discrimination that I have come across in a while, I present Dicken Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It seems that a group of black students were given a field trip to go see a renowned rocket scientist. Only the blac ...
Author: Joshua Thompson Late last week, I mentioned the outrageous story of Dicken Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As you recall, that school decided to send a group of African-American students on a field trip to see a renowned rocket scientist. All other students, white and minority alike, were prohibited from going on the ...
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. … ...
Since Proposal 2 was passed back in 2006, PLF has been defending its constitutionality in the courts. Proposal 2, of course, is Michigan’s Proposition 209 analog, banning the use of race in government education, contracting, and employment. And PLF, as a national organization dedicated to protecting a colorblind constitution, it made sense ...
Today, the Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, will be hearing the case of Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the University of Michigan. This case challenges the constitutionality of Proposal 2, a statewide constitutional amendment that banned the use of race by Michigan state and local governments. You can read PLF’s brief h ...
As we reported on Thursday, the Sixth Circuit declared Michigan’s Proposal 2 unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. The decision has been roundly condemned throughout the legal community. For good reason. The decision defies both logic and common sense by holding that Proposal 2 — a state constitutional amendment proh ...
That was fast! After the Sixth Circuit’s horrendous decision striking down Michigan’s equal rights amendment two weeks ago, the Michigan Attorney General filed this certiorari petition yesterday to ask the Supreme Court to take up the case. Kudos to the AG’s office for this ueber-quick response to an unjustifiable ruling. I ...
Attorneys for PLF filed a brief this week in the United States Supreme Court asking that Court to review the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the Univ. Of Michigan. In that decision, the Sixth Circuit held that the Fourteenth Amendment gives groups of a particular race the r ...