Tag Archives: Civil Right Act

Affirmative Action is dead in the United States… Now what?

By Mark | April 23, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court, as I’m sure you all know by now, upheld Michigan’s ban on affirmative action yesterday in a 6-2 decision, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissenting. (Elena Kagan, recused herself, presumably due to the fact that she was involved in the case prior to joining the Supreme Court, during […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Detroit, Michigan | Also tagged achievement gap, affirmative action, Arizona, Bill Schuette, California, college, college admissions, conservative legislation, dissent, diversity, Elena Kagan, Florida, higher education, KKK, Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Proposition 2, racism, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Schuette v. BAMN, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Ted Spencer, the conservative agenda, the free market will fix everything, University of Michigan, Ward Connerly, Wisconsin | 65 Comments

As much as I like and respect John Dingell, we shouldn’t let him off the hook for dragging his feet on global warming

By Mark | February 24, 2014

Congressman John Dingell today announced that he would be retiring at the end of his current term, joining the likes of Alec Baldwin and Shia LaBeouf, both of whom have announced their departure from the limelight in recent days. (I suspect that the three men did not coordinate their announcements, but you never know.) I […]

Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alec Baldwin, automotive industry, Clean Air Act, Debbie Dingell, Endangered Species Act, fuel economy, Global Warming, health care reform, John Dingell, Obamacare, Rebekah Warren, retirement, Safe Drinking Water Act, Shia LaBeouf, tea party, universal health care | 12 Comments

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