Fight Against Michigan Proposal 2 Heats Up

According to the Michigan Daily (11/9/2006), University
of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman says that
the University will fight the implementation of Proposal
2, the state constitutional amendment that will ban
affirmative action programs in Michigan. Some
observers have expressed surprise that the University
has not yet initiated any legal action seeking to delay
implementation of the amendment (and, thereby, pre-
venting the need to change University admissions policies
in the middle of this year's admissions cycle). Coleman
says that University legal counsel is examining all of its
options before taking action.

Beating the University to court was pro-affirmative
action group, By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), which
has already filed two lawsuits in federal court in an
attempt to block implementation of the amendment.
(The complaints may be found at the BAMN web site).