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Pigs fly
A U.S. District Judge upholds Michigan’s law prohibiting race and gender preferences in government hiring and public university admissions … and he’s a Clinton appointee.
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
American ballot initiative
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Ward Connerly ruminates on the victory over preferences in Michigan
The deck was as stacked as could be against Connerly’s Michigan Civil Rights Initiative that prohibits the state from using racial preferences in hiring, contracting and college admissions, but nevertheless…
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Stuart Taylor on the MCRI
Stuart Taylor is one of those liberals with whom you can have an intelligent conversation. In this National Journal article, he tells it like it is regarding the obscene lengths…
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John Fund on the victory of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund has written a terrific article on the victory of the MCRI. What’s especially good about Fund’s piece is the way he blows the whistle…
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Will MCRI meet with massive resistance?
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative passed 58% to 42%, despite the fact that opponents spent four times as much money as its proponents and every big organization in Michigan opposed…
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Are college presidents losing respect for the law?
It would seem so. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has reacted to the voter-approved Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which bans race-based preferences in that state’s public colleges and…
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Michigan affirmative action measure
With 20 percent reporting, it looks like Ward Connerly and others are en route to a victory in eliminating affirmative action programs in Michigan. The vote stands at 62-38 percent…
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On the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Detroit writer Henry Payne contributes magnificently to the debunking of the scare tactics used by the opponents of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative here. Let’s see — Michigan’s economy is…
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Race preferences in Michigan
The heated battle over the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative just got quite a bit hotter, with the release of new statistics on the effects of racial preferences in admissions at…
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The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Ward Connerly doesn’t think the government ought to pursue racial quotas through discriminatory policies, while nearly all “liberals” are adamant proponents of “affirmative action” to “achieve diversity.” Connerly here discusses…
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Appeals court puts Michigan Civil Rights Initiative on Nov. 2006 ballot
A big victory for Jennifer Gratz, Prof. Carl Cohen, Ward Connerly, and all the volunteers and organizers behind the Michigan Civil Rights Institute ? and for civil rights and equal…
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Over 500,000 sign petition in Mich. to end racial preferences
Petition drive collects nearly 200,000 signatures more than the required amount of about 318,000.