Eugene J. Koprowski, Esq. -- Equal treatment under law 'completely unfair', judges rule

Eugene J. Koprowski, Esq. -- Equal treatment under law 'completely unfair', judges rule: "Some progressive judges now believe that equal treatment under the law is, so to speak, unconstitutional. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over the Midwestern states of Michigan and Ohio, as well as the Mid-South states of Kentucky and Tennessee, last week quashed a 2006 law which amended Michigan's state constitution and banned racial discrimination and preferences in government contracts, and other areas.

Racial discrimination is against the federal Constitution, and has been since the aftermath of the Civil War, in the 1860s, when slavery was banned. These federal laws were updated more than 40 years ago. But Michigan made the next logical step with its new law, ending affirmative action, started by LBJ during the 1960s, on the premise that enough time had passed and that preferences for previously discriminated-against groups were no longer necessary. After all, we have a black president, and we're the first Western democracy ever to be able to make that claim. We also the first black GOP chairman from 2009-2011, and a black woman as secretary of state from 2005-2009 and a black man as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff 20 years ago.

But the appeals court's s"