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Thursday, June 27, 2013
GOVERNMENT
Circuit
court to
decide on
Fisher
Michigan's Proposal
2 initiative to be
reviewed in the fall
By SAM GRINGLAS and
PETER SHAHIN
Daily Staff Reporters
WASHINGTON - Nearly eight
months after the U.S. Supreme
Court heard oral arguments
in Fisher v. the University of
Texas, the court ruled Tuesday
that affirmative action remains
permissible in cases where there
are "no workable race-neutral
alternatives" to build campus
diversity.
Initially considered a case
with potential for a landmark
ruling, the justices fell short of
issuing a sweeping affirmation or
elimination of race as a factor in
college admissions.
The justices have sent the case
back to the Fifth Circuit Court,
the lower federal appeals court,
for review. The majority opinion,
ruled 7 to 1, argued that the
lower court failed to prove the
University of Texas exhausted
all other race-neutral options in
creating a diverse class.
See COURT, Page 7
INDEX
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highest judicial body handed
down decisions Wednesday in two
anxiously awaited cases involving
same-sex marriage.
Ina5to4decision,thecourtruled
constitutionality of state marriage
bans for same-sex couples.
Drafting the majority opinion in
United States v. Windsor, Justice
Anthony Kennedy wrote that
DOMA - which had federally
defined marriage as between a
By seeking to displace this
protection and treating those
persons as living in marriages less
respected than others, the federal
statute is in violation of the Fifth
Amendment," Kennedy wrote.
See DECISIONS, Page 7
By SAM GRINGLAS and
PETER SHAHIN
Daily StaffReporters
NEWS i
Late-Night Route
CSG proposes additional
bus transport to
accommodate students
SEE PAGE 3
OPINION
Camp Lessons
Derek Wolfe reflects on
how being a counselor can
make a difference
SEE PAGE 4
A RTS
'Death' Interview
Sean Czarnecki sits down
with members of Detroit
proto-punk band Death
>> SEE PAGE 8
SPORTS
NBA Draft Preview
The Daily Sports staff
predicts where Hardaway
Jr. and Burke will land
>>SEE PAGE11