Detroit Free Press New Lawsuit Seeks to Block Michigan Vote on Affirmative Action
After losing in the state courts, opponents of a ballot proposal to ban affirmative action took their argument to federal court Thursday.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick joined local labor groups, several African-American voters and Operation King’s Dream, an affiliate of the organization By Any Means Necessary, in the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit asking that the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) be removed from the Nov. 7 ballot.
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