Supreme Court agrees to hear Michigan affirmative action case
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Clifford Armion
le 26/03/2013
Activer le mode zenDavid G. Savage
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on college affirmative action for a second time in a year and decide whether Michigan's voters can forbid "preferential treatment" based on race in their state universities.The justices are closely split on whether school officials may ever use race as a factor for deciding who is admitted. A decade ago, the high court, by a 5-4 vote, upheld a limited use of race as a means to achieve classroom diversity in a case from the University of Michigan Law School. But that victory for liberal advocates of affirmative action was soon overturned by Michigan's voters.
They adopted Proposal 2 in 2006, forbidding university officials from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to students based on their race, ethnicity or gender. It was patterned after a similar ballot measure in California in 1996 that also prohibited race-based admissions policies at the state's colleges and universities.
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"Supreme Court agrees to hear Michigan affirmative action case", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mars 2013. Consulté le 19/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-michigan-affirmative-action-case