Michigan Proposal 2 (2006)

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Michigan Proposal 2 (2006) was a statewide ballot initiative that amended the Michigan Constitution to ban affirmative action programs in public education, employment, and contracting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Michigan ballot proposal ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
statewide ballot initiative ⓘ
addedProvision ban on affirmative action in public contracting ⓘ
ban on affirmative action in public education ⓘ
ban on affirmative action in public employment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MCRI ⓘ
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative ⓘ
amendedDocument Constitution of the State of Michigan ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
ballotTitleIncludes prohibition of affirmative action programs ⓘ
constitutionalArticleAffected Article I of the Michigan Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effect amended Michigan Constitution ⓘ
electionDate 2006-11-07 ⓘ
impact restricted race-based preferences in public contracting in Michigan ⓘ
restricted race-based preferences in public employment in Michigan ⓘ
restricted use of race-conscious admissions policies at public universities in Michigan ⓘ
legalChallenge challenged under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
legalForm constitutional amendment adopted by initiative ⓘ
location Michigan ⓘ
noVotePercentage approximately 42% ⓘ
opposedBy civil rights organizations ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
many higher education institutions in Michigan ⓘ
partOf 2006 Michigan general election ⓘ
policyArea civil rights ⓘ
government contracting ⓘ
higher education admissions ⓘ
public sector employment ⓘ
prohibits preferential treatment based on color ⓘ
preferential treatment based on ethnicity ⓘ
preferential treatment based on national origin ⓘ
preferential treatment based on race ⓘ
preferential treatment based on sex ⓘ
relatedCase Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action ⓘ
relatedCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
result approved by voters ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
sponsor Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Committee ⓘ
subject affirmative action ⓘ
public contracting ⓘ
public education ⓘ
public employment ⓘ
supremeCourtHolding upheld as constitutional in 2014 ⓘ
voterInitiated true ⓘ
year 2006 ⓘ
yesVotePercentage approximately 58% ⓘ

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Justice Stephen Breyer’s concurrence in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action → interprets → Michigan Proposal 2 as a general prohibition on race-based preferences rather than a restructuring targeting racial minorities ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Proposal 2 (2006)
Justice Stephen Breyer’s concurrence in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action → relatedTo → Michigan Constitution Article I, Section 26 (Proposal 2) ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Proposal 2 (2006)