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	<title>American Civil Rights Institute Blog &#187; Initiative 424</title>
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	<description>&#34;Race has no place in American Life or Law&#34;</description>
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		<title>City of Omaha to Change Rules Violating Preference Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/17/city-of-omaha-to-change-rules-violating-preference-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/17/city-of-omaha-to-change-rules-violating-preference-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) sent a cease and desist letter to the city of Omaha requesting that it repeal sections of its municipal code that give race- and sex-based preferences in the awarding of public contracts. In response, city attorney Paul Kratz said Omaha suspended the contracting rules after the November election, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Nebraska Trying to Get Around Anti-Preferences Law?</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/06/is-nebraska-trying-to-get-around-anti-preferences-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/03/06/is-nebraska-trying-to-get-around-anti-preferences-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Omaha World Herald reports that the legislature passed a bill to change Nebraska&#8217;s &#8220;diversity&#8221; scholarship program to comply with the law barring the state from discriminating against or preferring individuals on the basis of race in hiring, contracting, and admissions. But the Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative&#8217;s Marc Schniederjans says the law requires nothing less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraskans United Will Not Appeal Ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/02/04/nebraskans-united-will-not-appeal-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/02/04/nebraskans-united-will-not-appeal-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nebraskans United, a group that opposes a law barring state and local governments from preferring and discriminating against individuals based on race in hiring, contracting, and admissions, will not appeal a recent ruling upholding the law. (Source) Last week, Judge Karen Flowers upheld the Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative and wrote that the facts didn&#8217;t present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official: Race Preferences Illegal in Nebraska</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/12/15/its-official-race-preferences-illegal-in-nebraska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/12/15/its-official-race-preferences-illegal-in-nebraska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doug Tietz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it is written, so shall it be done! Last week, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman certified the results of the Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative (NeCRI) and officially enshrined the language of the initiative in the state constitution. NeCRI executive director Doug Tietz said, &#8220;The voters overwhelmingly supported the Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative and now Nebraska&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska Post-Election</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/26/nebraska-post-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/26/nebraska-post-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative 424]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nebraskans voted to end state and local government discrimination and preferential treatment on November 4, 2008, as 58 percent said YES on Initiative 424. Nebraska TV reports on the aftermath. Government-funded programs with racial and sex classifications must rewrite policies and begin hiring and recruiting without regard to skin color and sex. Colleges and universities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska Ends Preferences; Colorado Doesn&#8217;t: *Updated*</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/06/nebraska-end-preferences-colorado-doesnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/06/nebraska-end-preferences-colorado-doesnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amendment 46]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Initiative 424]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although 49 percent of Colorado voters chose to end the practice of government preferential treatment and discrimination, 50 percent chose to retain that practice. Amendment 46 narrowly failed to pass on Tuesday. In contrast, Nebraska&#8217;s voters did the right thing by putting their state and local governments out of the skin color business. Initiative 424 passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Values and Policies, Not Skin Color</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/03/vote-for-values-and-policies-not-skin-color/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/03/vote-for-values-and-policies-not-skin-color/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Initiative 424]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A black woman admonishes blacks who plan to vote for Barack Obama just because he&#8217;s black: The same can be said for blacks who plan to vote NO on Amendment 46 in Colorado and Initiative 424 in Nebraska. Both would bar state and local governments from discriminating against and granting preferences to people in hiring, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ward Connerly Discusses State Ballot Initiatives on C-SPAN</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/20/ward-connerly-discusses-state-ballot-initiatives-on-c-span/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/20/ward-connerly-discusses-state-ballot-initiatives-on-c-span/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amendment 46]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ward Connerly was on C-SPAN&#8217;s &#8220;Washington Journal&#8221; today to discuss anti-race preferences initiatives. Connerly appeared opposite Shanta Driver, director of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigration Rights By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), a group dedicated to maintaining lowered standards for women and minorities. Connerly explained why initiatives failed in states like Arizona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Steven Willborn Really Say That?</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/10/did-steven-willborn-really-say-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/10/did-steven-willborn-really-say-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Associated Press, Steven Willborn, dean of the University of Nebraska&#8217;s law school, says it&#8217;s okay to admit under-qualified black students, because diversity is oh-so good. In response to a study released by the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) earlier this week, Willborn was up front about his school&#8217;s odious practice. (Also see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discrimination at the University of Nebraska Law School</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/09/discrimination-at-the-university-of-nebraska-law-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/09/discrimination-at-the-university-of-nebraska-law-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Center for Equal Opportunity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to being admitted into the University of Nebraska&#8217;s law school, the odds favor blacks over whites 442 to 1. Odds favor Hispanics 90 to 1. The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) released a new study that documents cases of &#8220;severe discrimination&#8221; in law school admissions. Among the 2006 and 2007 entering classes, [...]]]></description>
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