SwWm C igandaiIytCm/news/get-out-and-vote be Lid jigan 4&i)ajj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 9, 2012 michigandaily.com -AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BEFORE THE COURT - Precedent weighs on Supreme Court case Natalie olb/ I ne State News Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan speaks at Oakland University on Monday. RyCan i Ryancampaigns atOakland GOP VP nominee Paul Ryan was introduced to a the crowd, and after waves to seem more willingto testus. And packed basketball arena at Oak- attendees, he spoke out against we're showing more daylight emphasizes land University by Detroit-native President Barack Obama's for- between ourselves and our allies, Kid Rock. eign policy, discussing his plans and they are beginning to ques- foreign policy, auto "I want to be real clear that for fostering a stronger nation, tion our resolve. And the reason I'm very proud to say we elected and echoing the comments Rom- is America is projecting weak- industry our first black president," Kid ney made in a speech earlier in ness right now." Rock said. "I'm sorry he didn't the day that focused on his for- The visit to Michigan was By MATT JACKONEN do a better job. I really wish he eign policy goals. Ryan's second since becoming Daily StaffReporter would've. I really do, butthe facts "When you turn on your tele- the nominee in Aug. It's also a are the facts." vision, what you are witnessing sign that Romney that the Rom- Standing behind a podium Republican presidential nomi- on TV is the unraveling of the ney campaign thinks Michigan bearing the words "We can't nee Mitt Romney's running Obama foreign policy," Ryan may be in play following Rom- afford four more years," Repub- mate took the stage as AC/DC's said. "Our enemies are becom- ney's debate win last week. lican Vice Presidential nominee "Thunderstruck" rang out over ing more brazen. Our adversaries See RYAN, Page 6 'U' cases form basis of arguments in Fisher v. U of Texas By PETER SHAHIN Daily StaffReporter On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will again review the role of affirmative action in higher education. The latest case, Fisher v. Univer- sity of Texas has the potential to completely reshape the way affirmative action programs are used in the United States, and it all comes down to how broadlythe court interprets the issue. In 2003, the University was a party to two landmark cases that will largely form the basis of the court's consideration of affirmative action's use. In these cases, bearing the name of former University President Lee Bollinger, Grutter v. Bol- linger and Gratz v. Bollinger, the court found that certain forms of affirmative action are indeed legal, as long as they are autonomously approved by states. At issue is the University of Texas' "10-percent rule" that automatically admits every student in Texas who ranks in the top 10 percent of their high school class. According to Residential College Prof. Carl Cohen, Texas high schools still face de facto segregation, even if the 1954 Supreme Court rul- ing in Brown v. Board of Edu- cation outlawed segregation as an official policy. Enrollment of black students doubled and enrollment of Latino students increased by 50 percent since the state's Legislature created the 10-percent rule in 1997. Due to the segregation with- in K-12 education, the Universi- ty of Texas' plan was successful at creating a more diverse cam- pus. However, the plaintiff 22-year-old Abigail Fisher, con- tends since the university used the 10-percent rule to achieve See SUPREME COURT, Page 7 t , - -n -s -g SENATE ASSEMBLY SACUA discusses general counsel search committee Assembly mittee members embody the val- ues of the faculty members. seeks to help SACUA member Scott Mas- 0 ten, a Business professor, said replace Suellyn SACUA was not fully involved .a h in choosing members for the Scarnecchia search committee for the next general counsel, which consult- By DANIELLE ed over the summer, thus limit- STOPPELMANN ing SACUA's involvement in the S Daily StaffReporter process. He added that he regrets that At its meeting Monday, the SACUA was not consulted earlier Senate Advisory Committee regarding the committee. on University Affairs debated "I think that it was really concerns regarding SACUA's important for us to make a point involvement in designating a of the fact that ... we did not search committee for the Uni- have our own representatives on versity's next general counsel that committee who could have and vice president. assured that (the faculty values Law School Prof. Suellyn Scar- represented) were true," Mas- necchia, former vice president ten said. "We did not appoint our and general counsel resigned own representatives, (the com- from her position effective last mittee members) are not people May. Scarnecchia was appointed that we approved and appoint- to the position in 2008. ed." Though some members of the Kearfott said at the meeting University's lead governing body that she met with Sally Churchill, expressed frustration with the the University's vice president lack of transparency and par- and secretary, and researched ticipation in choosing the next the general counsel selection search committee, SACUA Chair committee members in order to Kimberlee Kearfott, a professor choose a competent team. in the College of Engineering "For example, they were want- and the Medical School, said she ing policy creation to be based on is confident that the chosen com- See SACUA, Page 7 Grupo Tucandira, a group of Colombian performers, gives a show in the Michigan League ballroom on Monday. SP EAK E RS ON C A M PUS Atorney:T GOP senators block critical treaties ELECTION 2012 SOS drops citizen checkbox on ballot Federal judge issues injunction against Johnson By KATIE BURKE Daily StaffReporter Michigan voters will have one less checkbox to fill when voting on Nov. 6. with the removal of the state's contro- versial citizenship status ques- tion from the ballot. Federal Judge Paul Borman issued a preliminary injunction Friday against Michigan Sec- retary of State Ruth Johnson's enforcement of a citizenship checkbox on voting ballots. The decision came after a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Lib- erties Union on Sept. 17, which deemed the checkbox unconsti- tutional. According to an ACLU press release, Borman's decision stated that the checkbox would prove to be an unnecessary obstacle to voters and "create chaos" and "irreparable injury to the voting process." Voters are already required See CHECKBOX, Page 6 Chief counsel to Senate Foreign Relations Cmte. speaks on campus ByAUSTEN HUFFORD Daily StaffReporter In a wood-paneled room in Hutchins Hall with brick- outlined doors and pane glass windows, Andrew Keller, the head lawyer for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Rela- tions, spoke against the Sen- ate's anti-treaty behavior at a gathering of University Law School students and professors on Monday. Keller said a group of 36 Republican senators recently signed a letter refusing to con- sider any international treaty until at least 2013. Since a two-thirds majority of the 100 senators is required to pass most treaties, the group of GOP senators is enough to block any treaty that is put up for a vote. Keller said he had a conver- sation with a "high-ranking" member of the Obama admin- istration in January 2011 who told him the administration wanted to focus on three important treaties during the two-year congressional ses- sion. 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