Amendment 46

Does Redressing Past Harms Justify Present Racial Discrimination?

October 13, 2008

I’m sure Nathaniel Hedman, a member of a student group called the Roosevelt Institution at the University of Colorado, speaks for many of his peers. Not only does he believe in lowered standards for certain groups to “redress harms,” he also believes the government should be allowed to discriminate against whites and Asians in favor [...]

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Denver Democrat Endorses Amendment 46

October 8, 2008

Shawn Coleman, a Democratic party precinct captain in Boulder County, Colorado, has endorsed Amendment 46, a measure that would bar state and local governments from discriminating against and granting preferential treatment to people based race and sex in hiring, contracting, and admissions. Coleman also was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Coleman, who calls [...]

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John McCain’s Lukewarm Support for Anti-Preferences Initiatives

October 7, 2008

Ward Connerly is right. John McCain, Republican presidential nominee, “tepidly endorsed” the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative (AzCRI), a measure that would have barred state and local governments from discriminating or granting preferences in hiring, contracting, and admissions in his home state. “Although he supports the initiatives,” Connerly told the Associated Press, “I believe he would [...]

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Rocky Mountain News Endorses Amendment 46

October 2, 2008

Rocky Mountain News has endorsed Amendment 46 (also know as the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative), which would ban the state from using preferences in hiring, contracting, and admissions. An excerpt: “Amendment 46 opponents argue that after the passage of a similar measure two years ago in Michigan the percentage of minority contractors getting government work [...]

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Equality in Colorado

October 1, 2008

Who would have thought in 2008, some 50 years after the country groaned under the strain of dismantling laws and practices that relegated blacks to second class citizenship, the government still would be discriminating against people on the basis of race? Alive and well is the practice of assessing black job applicants, contract bidders, and [...]

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Colorado Governor to Oppose Amendment 46

September 29, 2008

The AP is reporting that Democratic governor Bill Ritter plans to announce his opposition to Amendment 46, which would amend the state constitution to ban government preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Shocking, yes? In March, the Secretary of State determined that the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative submitted enough signatures [...]

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Anti-Colorado Civil Rights Initiative Fails

September 24, 2008

Earlier this month, the Colorado Secretary of State announced that Initiative 82, which would preserve race and sex preferences in government hiring, contracting, and admissions, will not appear on the November ballot. As you may recall, the secretary determined in March that the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative (CoCRI) submitted enough signatures to appear on the [...]