A federal judge could decide in September whether a case intended to determine the constitutionality of Michigan's ban on race and gender in university admissions and government hiring will go to trial. "This is going to be a landmark case. There's no question about it," said Shanta Driver, a spokeswoman for the pro-affirmative action organization By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), which is leading several civil rights groups in challenging the constitutionality of the ban, which took effect Dec. 22. A May 7 hearing will establish whether BAMN and the American Civil Liberties Union will be granted class-action status in the case.