By: Nick Jakusz
Posted at: 01/22/2009 12:39 PM
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -
A Nebraska judge has rejected a lawsuit that challenged the petition that led to a statewide ban on affirmative action. Voters approved the initiative in November. The lawsuit, filed in Lancaster County District Court before the vote, challenged the validity of petition signatures. Opponents said some signatures were gathered using a "pattern of fraud and illegality." But Judge Karen Flowers rejected that argument and decided in favor of the state. If the lawsuit had been successful, it could have invalidated the law. The constitutional amendment prohibits state and local governments from giving preferential treatment to people on the basis of race, sex, ethnicity or national origin. Similar bans have passed in California, Michigan and Washington.
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