Voters in Michigan responded by approving a 2006 ballot measure that banned affirmative action.
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And he's in a very difficult position, especially on an issue like affirmative action.
College tuition and government jobs via affirmative action makes for a very nice life cycle.
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He has also changed his views on domestic issues ranging from education reform to affirmative action.
And conservatives dislike him because of his liberal views on affirmative action and abortion.
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But there are growing signs that the court will produce a dramatic ruling on affirmative action.
Wade, supported affirmative action, championed lesbian gay and transgender rights and other social justice causes.
Bhaskaran expects "affirmative action for pribumis" as well as more resources for poor regions.
So, for some years now, it has been practising affirmative action in its admissions policies.
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Some of King's closest aides are baffled at the argument that King opposed affirmative action policies.
The union sees this as a back door for patronage, nepotism and even more affirmative action.
The stakes of a continuing national discussion, Clinton said, go far beyond affirmative action, however.
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That will be a fight far fiercer than the rumpus over affirmative action five years ago.
Mr Jungmann dismisses the American argument that affirmative action mainly benefits people who are middle-class already.
Affirmative action only persists because we all voluntarily cooperate with the system that makes it possible.
Would saving affirmative action require the resurrection of discredited terms like quadroon and octoroon?
Get rid of affirmative action for the rich, and rich children will still do better.
First, there is the question of whether or not affirmative action was ever consistent with the Constitution.
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Beyond equality of opportunity, there are social benefits to race-conscious affirmative action policies that include Asian students.
Lee's opponents said they feared his support for affirmative action would lead to the imposition of quotas.
He's the longest-serving justice on the court currently, one who opposes abortion, gay rights and affirmative action.
The proposed amendments include articles that would allow collective bargaining for public sector workers and affirmative action measures for women.
We certainly do not believe that affirmative action is a reason to give less than our all.
These were cases that involved the limits of affirmative action and the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
There are certain issues where he's in almost a no-win situation and affirmative action is one of them.
The case is, according to the Philadelphia inquirer, the largest affirmative action fraud case in Pennsylvania history.
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The varied and disjointed nature of the oral arguments reflected long-held divisions within the Court towards affirmative action.
But Keith Jarrett, President of the National Black Police Association, said he supported the use of affirmative action.
This campaign saw little of the angry passion that distorted earlier battles about illegal immigration and affirmative action.
Remember that the Supreme Court also struck down the most explicit version of affirmative action, Michigan's point-scoring system.
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