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guido911
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« on: April 22, 2014, 09:55:12 pm »
6-2 ruling today.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A state's voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the justices about a continuing need for programs that address racial inequality in America.

The 6-2 decision upheld a voter-approved change to the Michigan Constitution that forbids the state's public colleges to take race into account. That change was indeed up to the voters, the ruling said, over one justice's impassioned dissent that accused the court of simply wanting to wish away inequality.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-upholds-mich-affirmative-action-ban

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http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-682_j4ek.pdf


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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2014, 10:53:36 pm »
Arizona has a Representative (guess which party affiliation) who said a few months ago that if his constituents wanted him to vote to bring back slavery, he would do it....  He would "have" to, 'cause that's what a Democracy is - people get to vote for stuff they want!!
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2014, 11:05:22 pm »
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on April 22, 2014, 10:53:36 pm
Arizona has a Representative (guess which party affiliation) who said a few months ago that if his constituents wanted him to vote to bring back slavery, he would do it....  He would "have" to, 'cause that's what a Democracy is - people get to vote for stuff they want!!



You are thinking of Senator Byrd. He's dead.  As for your post, thanks for giving us the truth about Obama voters. Here's people exhibiting your point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ojd13kZlCA
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2014, 11:13:57 pm »
Quote from: guido911 on April 22, 2014, 11:05:22 pm
You are thinking of Senator Byrd. He's dead.

I said Rep, but he is a state Assemblyman....  Jim Wheeler.   I wonder if our reactionary judicial in the Supreme Court would let that stand now?



http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/28/state-senator-says-hed-vote-slavery-if-his-constit/
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Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on April 22, 2014, 11:13:57 pm
I said Rep, but he is a state Assemblyman....  Jim Wheeler.   I wonder if our reactionary judicial in the Supreme Court would let that stand now?



http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/28/state-senator-says-hed-vote-slavery-if-his-constit/


I edited my post that you quoted. oopsie.
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