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OPERATION KING'S DREAM v. CONNERLY

Nos. 06-2144, 06-2258.

501 F.3d 584 (2007)

OPERATION KING'S DREAM; Kwame M. Kilpatrick; American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, (AFSCME), AFL-CIO; Samantha Canty; Belita H. Cowan; Martha Cuneo; Linda Dee McDonald; Michelle McFarlin; Pearline McRae; Sarah Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Ward CONNERLY; Jennifer Gratz; Michigan Civil Rights Commission; Terri Lynn Land, in her official capacity as Secretary of State; Kathryn Degrow; Lynn Bankes; Doyle O'Connor, in their official capacities as members of the state Board of Canvassers; Christopher Thomas, in his official capacity as State Director of Elections, Defendants-Appellees (06-2144), Terri Lynn Land; Kathryn Degrow; Lynn Bankes; Doyle O'Connor; Christopher Thomas, Defendants (06-2258), Ward Connerly; Jennifer Gratz; Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants (06-2258).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Shanta Driver, Scheff & Washington, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Michael E. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Heather S. Meingast, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Shanta Driver, George B. Washington, Scheff & Washington, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Michael E. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Heather S. Meingast, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: COLE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; MARBLEY, District Judge.

OPINION

R. GUY COLE, JR., Circuit Judge.

After Michigan's Board of Canvassers approved for Michigan's November 2006 general election ballot a citizen-initiated proposal ("Proposal 2") that would amend Michigan's constitution to prohibit all sex- and race-based preferences in public education, public employment, and public contracting, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Operation King's Dream, along with...

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