Anti-affirmative action law may still be intact if 2 judges didn’t have University of Michigan ties

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Defenders of Michigan’s anti-affirmative action law came up one vote short in a federal appeals court that struck down a constitutional amendment on an 8-7 vote. Two conservative judges with ties to the University of Michigan recused themselves from hearing the case.

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