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Affirmative Action Ban In Michigan Upheld By Supreme Court

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*The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Michigan law banning the use of racial criteria in college admissions, a key decision in an unfolding legal and political battle nationally over affirmative action.
The justices found 6-2 that a lower court did not have the authority to set aside the measure approved in a 2006 referendum supported by 58% of voters. It bars publicly funded colleges from granting "preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Bill Mears at CNN.com:
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