LDF, ACLU, NAACP Oppose AG’s Request to Rehear Proposal 2 Case
Posted By The Editors | July 29th, 2011 | Category: Education | No Comments »
Print This PostA statement by the ACLU of Michigan, Detroit Branch NAACP, the Michigan State Conference NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), and the national ACLU.
The ACLU, NAACP and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) announced today that they oppose the Michigan Attorney General’s request to convene a special 16-judge panel to reconsider the court’s decision this month striking down Michigan’s Proposal 2. The attorney general expressed his plans to request a rehearing by the full court of appeals today.
The following statement can be attributed to Mark Rosenbaum, American Civil Liberties Union attorney and University of Michigan professor who argued the case on behalf of a group of students, faculty and prospective applicants to the University of Michigan:
“The appeals court should deny the attorney general’s extraordinary request to have the full court reconsider its well-reasoned decision striking down Proposal 2. The Supreme Court has held that a state law