Image via WikipediaThis Sunday’s papers also drew many letters to the editor defending the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals that found Michigan
The Detroit Free Press, a liberal paper, uncharacteristically came out against the ruling. I also decried the ruling based on the 14th Amendment to the constitution, especially the “Equal Protection…” section.
Today’s letters help me understand better the basis of the ruling. The NAACP and the ACLU challenged the fact that the Proposal, passed by popular vote, was incorporated into the Michigan Constitution, which is basically impossible to overturn, especially for a minority.
Now hang in there with me as I try to understand this. “The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly explained that a state law is unconstitutional when it makes it more difficult for minority groups to achieve legislation that is in their best interest”.
So I suppose, if we did not write this into the Michigan Constitution but left it as a plain Michigan
Imran J. Syed of Canton
On the other hand, Raymond Dubin of Farmington Hills Michigan
Kary L. Moss, ACLU of Michigan, you cannot remove race from consideration in admissions, yet allow nonacademic factors such as geographical diversity, legacy status and athletics. I don’t think she understands that all those nonacademic factors apply to all applicants and not to only minorities or non-minorities.
I still think that discrimination is discrimination, whether against minorities or non-minorities, it should be against the law and affirmative action is discrimination against those it does not include in granting preference.
As I have mentioned before, the ACLU has lost my support over this because the money spent trying to find a loophole in the Constitution that would allow affirmative action to come back is not only a waste of donor (me) money but an attempt to blunt the will of the people in 2011 (not the same as 1865) who demand equality for all.
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