Wayne State Law Professor Robert Sedler comments about tonight's hearing by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission on complaints about allegedly fraudulent, even racist, tactics used to collect signatures to put a Michigan Civil Rights Initiative on the ballot. The initiative, a proposal to amend the Michigan Constitution, would, in part, prohibit all of Michigan 's public universities and colleges and school districts from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Sedler proposes one option for a civil rights case against the initiative. The commission could go to court and ask to present findings that there was a violation of Michigan civil rights law in the signature collection, he said. That's if they believe there were some, he said, and if they are substantial enough to overcome the presumption of validity, and if a court will entertain the idea.