January 3, 2007

Enforce Prop 2, court is urged

The fight over affirmative action at Michigan public universities widened Thursday as a state court was asked to order the University of Michigan to implement the provisions of Proposal 2 immediately. The Center for Individual Rights filed suit Tuesday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court on behalf of a man who is applying for admission to the U-M and Wayne State University law schools. The suit is aimed specifically at the University of Michigan and Gov. Jennifer Granholm. "There is a whole pattern of obstruction and delay that the university has engaged in since the proposal was passed," charged Terrence Pell, president of the group that filed suit.

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