Following the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on June 23, 2003, Cohen, Gratz, Grutter, and others were among those who invited Ward Connerly to Michigan, where he appeared in a July 8, 2003 speech on the Michigan campus announcing the formation of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), to forbid preference by race or nationality in the state.
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It was later endorsed by Governor Pete Wilson, and supported and funded by the California Civil Rights Initiative Campaign, led by University of California Regent Ward Connerly.