 michigan s ban on racial preferences goes before us supreme court in 2006 michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment that prohibited race and genderbased affirmative action in public employment public education and public contracting the amendment was opposed by both political parties unions corporations most political candidates and others yet it solidly passed with a 58 percent majority opponents challenged the law in 2012 the us 6 th circuit court ruled the law unconstitutional now it is going before the us supreme court read the full story  wwwmichigancapitolconfidentialcom 19222 