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Court to consider Mich. affirmative action ban

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring will be put to the test in a federal appeals court three years after voters had their say.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on the legality of the constitutional amendment that passed with 58 percent of the vote in 2006.

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