The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) recently took action to defend the principle of equal treatment under the law by sending a formal letter to California state senators opposing Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 (ACA7).
ACA7, as currently proposed, would roll back key protections established under California’s Proposition 209, opening the door for race-based preferences in areas like public education and financial aid. CEO was heavily involved in Prop 209 in the 1990s and these are exactly the kinds of racial preferences CEO has opposed for over 30 years.
In the letter, CEO raised serious concerns about the legal risk this change poses to the State of California. Even if ACA7 successfully overturns the current bans on racial preferences in California’s public education, it cannot override federal protections under the U.S. Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
As a result, if institutions should adopt such practices, they are likely to face significant legal risk—and taxpayers will ultimately bear the cost.
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