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DAVID ASHENFELTER • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • March 18, 2008
A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionally of Proposal 2, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative that banned race and gender affirmative action in university admissions and government and public school hiring and contracting. "We agree with judge's decision," Rusty Hills, spokesman for Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said today after U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a lawsuit brought by high school and college students who said they were harmed by the proposal, which Michigan voters passed in 2006 by a 58% to 42% margin.
"We're glad to see the federal court upheld the will of the people," Hills added. "The attorney general supported Proposal 2 from its very inception."
A lawyer for the plaintiffs vowed to appeal.
"We're appealing immediately," said Detroit lawyer George Washington. "We don't think in the 21 Century that laws should be passed that are intended to have the effect of excluding black and Latino students from the universities in this state.
Contact DAVID ASHENFELTER at ashenf@freepress.com.
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