In a widely anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday of this week in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (No. 12-682) (PDF), holding in a 6-2 ruling (with Justice Kagan recusing herself) that Michigan’s Proposal 2 – which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit the use of race-based preferences in state … Continue Reading
As regular readers of this blog know, the Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog has been covering the saga involving Michigan’s 2006 voter-approved Proposal 2 outlawing affirmative action since a divided Sixth Circuit panel ruled it unconstitutional (PDF) in July 2011. Following that panel ruling, a nearly evenly split (8-7) en banc ruling by the Sixth Circuit … Continue Reading
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al. (No. 12-682), which is shaping up to be one of the biggest cases in the current term. As this blog has reported (see here and here), the case had polarized the Sixth Circuit, eliciting a strong dissent … Continue Reading
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted certiorari on a case that the Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog has been watching since July 2011: Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the University of Michigan (6th Cir., Case Nos. 08-1387/1389/1534 & 09-1111). In Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for … Continue Reading
In November 2006, Michigan voters approved, by a 58-to-42 margin, a statewide ballot initiative commonly known as Proposal 2. Proposal 2 amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit the State of Michigan and its public universities from “discriminat[ing] against, or grant[ing] preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, … Continue Reading
