Tag: referenda and human rights
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Paul Kildea: Same-sex marriage – Don’t let the people decide
Australian politics is gradually settling back down again after a tumultuous few weeks in which we saw another first-term Prime Minister deposed in a party room ‘spill’. New Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has pledged to run a different kind of government to that of his predecessor, Tony Abbott, but it is unclear what this will…
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Ruthann Robson: US Supreme Court in Schuette: Michigan Can Ban Affirmative Action
CROSS-POSTED FROM Constitutional Law Professors Blog (US). The Court’s opinion in Schuette v. BAMN (Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary), clearly upheld Michigan’s Proposal 2, enacted as Article I §26 of the Michigan Constitution barring affirmative action in state universities and subdivisions. The plurality…