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The Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative, also known as Initiative 424, was a 2008 ballot measure that proposed a constitutional amendment which would prohibit the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, "any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Proposed Constitutional Amendment Language )〕 The measure, in effect, banned affirmative action at the state level. It passed with 58% of the vote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative, 424 (2008) )〕 ==Amendment Wording== Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska that, Article I of the Constitution of Nebraska be amended by adding a Section 30 as follows: :(1) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. :(2) This section shall apply only to action taken after the section’s effective date. :(3) Nothing in this section prohibits bona fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. :(4)Nothing in this section shall invalidate any court order or consent decree that is in force as of the effective date of this section. :(5) Nothing in this section prohibits action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a loss of federal funds to the state. :(6) For purposes of this section, state shall include, but not be limited to: ::(a) the State of Nebraska; ::(b)any agency, department, office, board, commission, committee, division, unit, branch, bureau, council, or subunit of the state; ::(c) any public institution of higher education; ::(d) any political subdivision of or within the state; and ::(e) any government institution or instrumentally of or within the state. :(7) The remedies available for violations of this section shall be the same, regardless of the injured party’s race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, as are otherwise available for violations of Nebraska’s anti-discrimination law. :(8) This section shall be self executing. If any part or parts of this section are found to be in conflict with federal law or the Constitution of the United States, this section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law and the Constitution of the United States permit. Any provision held invalid shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nebraska Initiative 424」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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