All racial distinctions are inherently suspect and presumptively invalid.
Whatever solution the law school elects to pursue, it must be race-neutral. Judge Bernard A. Friedman, United States District Court in Detroit. The woman in this photograph is Agnes Aleobua, one of many University of Michigan students that were angered by a judge's recent ruling against the law school's use of race in admissions. The current push against affirmative action began in 1995, when the Regents of the University of California banned the use of race in admissions. A federal appeals court outlawed the practice in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana the next year, and since then, voters in California and Washington have rejected affirmative action in both higher education and state contracting.