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03/23/2008: "Judge OKs law dismantling Affirmative Action"

A federal Judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Proposal 2, a state law that bans preferential treatment based on race or gender in government hiring and university admissions.

In dismissing the suit, Lawson said the plaintiffs failed to prove that the amendment was created to target minorities.

"This is racially targeted legislation of the worst kind," said George Washington, an attorney for BAMN who has argued that the measure was designed to exclude black, Latino and Native American students from higher educational opportunities.

[ An honest meritocracy is seen as unfair. What's wrong with this picture? With entitlement, guilt, revenge and other parasitic emotions waiting in the wings. ]

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