Omaha Newsstand.com
By: Martha Stoddard, Midlands News Service
07/29/2008
Updated 07/29/2008 09:05:23 AM EDT
LINCOLN -- Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban affirmative action in Nebraska are taking issue with the language Attorney General Jon Bruning is proposing for the ballot measure. Nebraskans United filed a complaint in Lancaster County District Court late Monday seeking alternative language.David Kramer, chief legal counsel for Nebraskans United, said the language Bruning wrote for the ballot mirrored language used on petitions to get the issue on the ballot. Kramer called both "unclear and misleading.''According to Bruning's description, the measure would "amend the Nebraska Constitution to provide that the state, and any public institution of higher education, political subdivision or government institution shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, individuals or groups based upon race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in operating public employment, public education or public contracting.''The alternative offered by Nebraskans United said the amendment would "eliminate current state and local programs designed to improve opportunities for and eliminate discrimination against women and minorities in public education, employment and contracting.'' [To read the entire story, go to: http://www.newswaverly.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19876018&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id=556239&rfi=6 ]
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