The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has rejected Michigan voters' approval of a ban on affirmative action, our colleague Tamar Lewin reports: The ruling (PDF), in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. University of Michigan, was not based on racial discrimination, but rather on a violation of the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. The decision came as the United States Supreme Court is considering another affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas, which challenges the use of race as a factor in admissions, Ms. Lewin writes.