November 15, 2002

10 States Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Michigan Affirmative-Action Case

Ten states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving the use of race-conscious admissions policies by the University of Michigan Law School.

In a brief that the court received last month, the attorneys general of the 10 states did not endorse or condemn affirmative action in higher education, but said that the states needed clarity on the issue. The brief argued that the justices should take up the case because "the states and their selective educational institutions

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