The Education Department is also under scrutiny for dismissing an alarming number of civil rights cases over the last several months.

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Sonia Sotomayor Delivers Blistering Dissent Against Affirmative Action Ban The Supreme Court upheld Michigan’s ban on affirmative action Tuesday, but not without a blistering dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor said the decision infringed upon groups’ rights by allowing Michigan voters to change “the basic rules of the political process … in a manner that […]