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State Civil Rights Commission At Odds With A.G. Over Affirmative Action Ban

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August 24, 2011

By Rick Pluta

The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is at odds with the state Attorney General over a question of affirmative action.

Attorney General Bill Schuette is trying to get the courts to side with Michigan voters, who chose in 2002 to ban the use of race or gender in admissions decisions.

The Civil Rights Commission has now filed an opposing brief.

Already last month, a panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the ban on affirmative action in admissions policies. The Michigan attorney general is now asking the entire court to reconsider and reverse that decision. He says the court should give deference to the wishes of Michigan voters. 

The Civil Rights Commission, an independent agency whose members were all appointed in recent years by then-Governor Jennifer Granholm, contends in its brief that universities, not voters, should be trusted to make decisions in the best interests of their students. They say it was unconstitutional to single-out admissions policies dealing with race and gender diversity on the ballot.

There is no word on when the court may decide whether to reconsider its decision.

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Submitted by John A Silvi (not verified) on August 24, 2011 - 2:37pm.
The DOJ, US Attorney General, DoE and the Section of Legal Education, ABA have announced a solution with many others now informed that a non-bias process has been developed for admissions into law school that resolves the impasse. DOJ case no# DJ 169-73-0 Dated April 5th 2005. The details will, in all likely, be worked out by each state and US territory after courts revisit Grutter and Gratz........ The process can now or will be modified to ensure complaince for admissions (without the human bias) on any educational platform. What the US Supreme Court must instruct the nation on is the various and utilization of Race within each platform. As for Granholm, when the details were presented to her when requested by Mary Sue Coleman who sought solutions to resolving the admissions impasse, she realized that the section process at all levels invite bias and corruption through dollar donations and policital influence. She has effectively boxed herself in a corner, thus her support for the Status Quo !!! Whether the 5th, 6th or 9th Circuit Court by which one will surely approach the US Supreme Court on the issue of Race for admissions, The US Supreme Court will have a better understanding as to what now can be done to resolve the issues and impasse through the research of the old folks coupled with Prof Sanders outstanding research on admissions utilizing the LSAT scores...... Game, Set, Match !!! Articles in print Rought ride for law school accreditor (inside higher ed) Fixing law school admissions (Wesleyan University) Google and click on web.........

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